Assessment of body composition and serum lipid profile in school children

ABSTRACT

To determine the relationship between body composition and blood lipid concentrations in school aged children In this cross-sectional study, 159 children between the ages of 6 to 11 years were included Anthropometric measurements and serum total lipids profile were assessed. Overweight was 6% for boys and 5% for girls. A positive correlations were observed between Total Cholestrol [TC], and BMI, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, percentage of fat mass, arm fat area [AFA] and between triglyceride [TG], and AFA; while a negative correlation was determined between HDL-C, and fat mass, AFA for boys. No correlation was observed for these values obtained from girls. This study has shown that in comparison to girls, the overweight and the correlation of body composition and lipid profiles were higher in boys with a tendency to develop the higher risk level of cardio vascular disease