Association of Anthropometric Measures with cardiovascular risk features in children and teenagers in Albania

• Pages: 28-36

Vol. 9 No. 3

November, 2023

Academic Journal of Business, Administration

Law and Social Sciences

28

E-ISSN 2410-8693

ISSN 2410-3918

Research Article

© 2023 Enkelejda Shkurti & Diamant Shtiza

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Association of Anthropometric Measures with cardiovascular risk features in

children and teenagers in Albania

Enkelejda Shkurti

University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania

Diamant Shtiza

University of Medicine, Tirana, Albania

DOI: hps://doi.org/10.2478/ajbals-2023-0007

Abstract

We performed this study to establish the association among anthropometric amplitudes with

cardiovascular hazard aspects and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in normal-weight Albanian

children and adolescents. We examined the data of 3,658 children and adolescents (46.8%

boys), aged 10-17 years, with a normal BMI (4th-83th percentile) obtained from a ‘Childhood

and Adolescence Monitoring and Prevention of Adult Non-communicable Disease’ study. The

International Diabetes Federation agreement classied the diagnostic criteria for MetS. The

prevalence of MetS for 10- to 12.5-year-old boys, 14- to 17-year-old boys, 10- to 13.7-year-old

girls, and 14- to 17-year-old girls were 1.3, 2.4, 2.1, and 2.9%, correspondingly. After adjusting

age and sex, each item’s expansion in BMI (within normal range) and waist circumference

enhanced the odds of MetS from 4 to 65 % and from 1 to 17 %, consequently. The main paern

of dyslipidemia among the respondents was elevated triglycerides and low high-density

lipoprotein cholesterol. Our study strengthened the latest research on the elevated frequency

of metabolic risk factors among normal-weight individuals in the pediatric age group.

Keywords: Anthropometric, Cardiovascular, Metabolic syndrome, Children, Adolescents.

1. Introduction

Obesity has reached a pandemic point, demonstrating a considerable association

with metabolic syndrome (MetS), one of the main risk factors for type 2 Diabetes

Mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Recent surveys have veried that the increased prevalence of obesity among adults

expands to the adolescent population, too, and childhood obesity has become a

new challenge for pediatric care (Batsis, Nieto-Martinez and Lopez-Jimenez, 2019).