ความชุกและปัจจัยที่มีผลต่อภาวะโคเลสเตอรอลในเลือดสูงในเด็กอ้วน / ภารวี หิรัญรัตน์ = Prevalence and risk factors of hypercholesterolemia in obese children / Paravee Hiranrat
To determine the prevalence and identify the risk factors of hypercholesterolemia in obese children. Design : Cross sectional analytic study. Setting : Bangkok Christian College. Target populations : Students grade 7-9, age between 12-15 years, who had body weight greater than 120% of percent weight for height, and did not have any endocrine diseases, chromosomal abnormalities or take any drugs, were included in this study. Interventions : All subjects were taken parentaly history of hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease. Non-fasting capillary blood cholesterol level was measured by reflotron dry chemistry method and hypercholesterolemia was determined when total blood cholesterol level > 170 mg/dl. Results : Thirty-one from 89 obese children (34.8%) had non-fasting capillary blood cholesterol level > 170 mg/dl. There were no significant associations between severity of obesity, family history of coronary heart disease and hypercholesterolemia. (p>0.05) but there was a significant association between parental hypercholesterolemia and hypercholesterolemia. (p = 0.02) Conclusions : Obese children had high prevalence of hypercholesterolemia. But adding the criterion of parental hypercholesterolemia to obesity would increase the yield of cholesterol screening.