Vitamin D is associated with the hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype in Brazilian children.
J Public Health (Oxf)
; 43(4): e570-e577, 2021 12 10.
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| ID: mdl-32323726
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors is increasing and vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency has become a worldwide public health problem, even in tropical countries. Therefore, we identified the prevalence of hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype (HWP) and evaluate its relationship with vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency.METHODS:
A cross-sectional study with 378 children aged 8 and 9 enrolled in all urban schools in the city of Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Anthropometric measurements, body composition (dual energy X-ray absorptiometry), biochemical tests and clinical evaluation were performed. Poisson regression was used to analyze the association between vitamin D and HWP.RESULTS:
Prevalence of HWP was 16.4%. This prevalence was higher among children with vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency and in those with a greater number of other cardiometabolic risk factors. Multiple regression analysis showed that children with vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency had, respectively, prevalence 85% (95% CI 1.03-3.30) and 121% (95% CI 1.11-4.45) higher of HWP than the vitamin D sufficiency group.CONCLUSION:
Vitamin D insuffiency and deficiency were associated with a higher prevalence of HWP among children, regardless of the presence of other cardiometabolic risk factors, indicating an additional risk of inadequate vitamin D status to cardiometabolic health in childhood.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vitamin D
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Hypertriglyceridemic Waist
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Child
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
Journal:
J Public Health (Oxf)
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil