Overweight and cardiovascular pathology risk factors in Moscow school age students

摘要

In Moscow students aged 5 to 16 years old obesity occurs mostly in peripuberty period: in boys at the age of 10-13, in girls at the age of 9-10. The most significant growth registered in thickness of abdominal and subscupular skinfolds (ASF and SSF) was in boys (4.3 and 4 times accordingly). In male group abdominal obesity prevails in accordance with assessment of all investigated parameters, whereas in females distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue is more even. Value of ASF and SSF as tool for cardiovascular pathology risk factors assessment in urban students aged 9-13 was confirmed by correlative analysis - these parameters have the strongest correlation with all the others evaluated in this investigation. Waist-to-hip ratio didn't show any significance in assessment of obesity in persons of peripuberty age.