Dyslipidemia in Iranian overweight and obese children

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Table 1 General characteristics of the overweight, obese, and control groups

General characteristics	Severe obesity		Moderate obesity		Overweight		Control
	Male (n = 55)	Female (n = 62)	Male (n = 12)	Female (n = 29)	Male (n = 27)	Female (n = 45)	Male (n = 29)	Female (n = 21)
Age (years)	10.2 ± 3.2	8.4 ± 3.0	11.8 ± 2.5	10.9 ± 3.1	12.3 ± 2.0	11.2 ± 2.4	109. ± 4.1	10.3 ± 4.8
Weight (kg)	65.7 ± 23.5	53.7 ± 20.1	61.6 ± 11.1	56.7 ± 17.7	54.7 ± 11.2	51.0 ± 12.0	36.0 ± 13.0	34.2 ± 15.1
Height (cm)	143.0 ± 18.2	133.5 ± 14.7	148.5 ± 15.2	142.1 ± 12.4	147.8 ± 11.9	143.3 ± 10.2	138.8 ± 17.1	134.3 ± 21.6
BMI (kg/m^2)	30.9 ± 5.5	29.1 ± 5.7	27.2 ± 2.7	27.9 ± 4.2	24.7 ± 1.9	24.4 ± 2.5	17.8 ± 2.7	17.8 ± 3.0

Note: Mean ± standard deviation.

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

Table 2 Lipid profile of the children and adolescents of the obesity, overweight, and control groups

Lipid profile	Severely obese		Moderately obese		Overweight		Control
	Male (n = 55)	Female (n = 62)	Male (n = 12)	Female (n = 29)	Male (n = 27)	Female (n = 45)	Male (n = 29)	Female (n = 21)
Triglycerides (mg/dL)*	179.6 ± 30.7	183.1 ± 36.5	128.7 ± 67.1	107.8 ± 47.2	99.1 ± 34.5	105.6 ± 26.5	100.4 ± 11.1	102.0 ± 14.0
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)**	156.8 ± 92.6	144.5 ± 67.7	163.4 ± 31.7	190.1 ± 38.4	176.3 ± 24.3	183.8 ± 34.2	122.4 ± 11.3	123.0 ± 10.6
LDL-C (mg/dL)**	111.5 ± 34.4	113.0 ± 34.1	95.8 ± 25.3	118.6 ± 38.9	46.1 ± 8.9	42.8 ± 9.8	95.9 ± 9.5	96.8 ± 6.2
HDL-C (mg/dL)**	41.6 ± 10.8	45.0 ± 12.0	39.1 ± 6.2	45.2 ± 14.9	104.4 ± 24.1	114.2 ± 0.8	54.0 ± 7.2	54.2 ± 7.0

Notes: Mean ± standard deviation;

* mg/dL × 0.01125 = nmol/L;

** mg/dL × 0.02586 = nmol/L.

Abbreviations: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Table 3 Patterns of isolated and combination dyslipidemia

Dyslipidemia	Isolated	Any combination
High triglycerides	52 (18.6%)	60 (26.08%)
Low HDL-C	14 (6%)	39 (16.96%)
High LDL-C	4 (1.7%)	36 (15.6%)
High total cholesterol	8 (3.4%)	52 (22.60%)
High TG + low HDL	19 (8.3%)
High TG + high cholesterol	12 (5.2%)
High TG + high-LDL-C	6 (2.6%)
High LDL-C + high TG + low HDL-C	1 (0.4%)
High TG + high cholesterol + low HDL-C	5 (2.2%)

Abbreviations: HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.