Study of lipidie profile in a pediatric population of 10-14 years old in primary health care

Abstract

Objective: to know the lipid profile of a health center pediatric users population.
Type of study: transversal descriptive.
Materials and methods: we studied 224 children both sexes (10-14 years old), and measured in all of them anamnesis, physical exploration, body mass index (BMI), and blood sample to value: total cholesterol (TC), HDL cholesterol (HDL-C), LDL cholesterol
(LDL-C) triglycerides (TG), A1 apoprotein (A1-Apo) and B Apoprotein (B-Apo), and B/A1and TC/C-HDL indexes.
Results: the mean values in mg/dl were: TC = 172.56, HDL-C = 60.18, LDL-C = 100.45, TG = 58.80, A1-Apo = 132.33, B-Apo = 63.60, BMI = 19.30 Kg/m2, B/A1 index = 0.49, and TC/HDL-C index = 2.96. The prevalence of hyperlipemia oscilates between 10.91% (B-Apo) to 43.64% (TC). Obese children have higher TG levels than non obese ones and lower HDL-C and A1-Apo levels. B/A1 and TC/HDL-C indexes presents an increase in males, and a decrease in females, according to age.
Conclusions: we might know the basic lipid profile once in childhood; the obese children have a higher aterogenic profile; we have found a positive relation between apolipoproteins pathologic values and aterogenic lipid profile; the B/A1 an TC/HDL-C indexes mean values are significantively higher in children with lipidic alterations.