Assessment of Body Composition and
Serum Lipid Profile in School Children

Naile Bilgili¹, Özge Küçükerdönmez², Eda Köksal³, Aylin Ayaz⁴

ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the relationship between body composition and blood lipid concentrations in school aged children

Methodology: In this cross-sectional study, 159 children between the ages of 6 to 11 years were included Anthropometric measurements and serum total lipids profile were assessed.

Results: Overweight was 6% for boys and 5% for girls. A positive correlations were observed between Total Cholestrol (TC), and BMI, waist circumference, waist to hip ratio, percentage of fat mass, arm fat area (AFA) and between triglyceride (TG), and AFA; while a negative correlation was determined between HDL-C, and fat mass, AFA for boys. No correlation was observed for these values obtained from girls.

Conclusion: This study has shown that in comparison to girls, the overweight and the correlation of body composition and lipid profiles were higher in boys with a tendency to develop the higher risk level of cardio vascular disease.

KEY WORDS: Body composition, Anthropometry, Lipid profile, School children, Risk of cardiovascular disease.

Pak J Med Sci    April - June 2009 (Part-II)    Vol. 25 No. 3    468-473

How to cite this article:

Bilgili N, Küçükerdönmez O, Köksal E, Ayaz A. Assessment of Body Composition and Serum Lipid Profile in School Children. Pak J Med Sci 2009;25(3): 468-473.

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1. Naile Bilgili PhD,
Assistant Professor,
Gazi University, School of Nursing
Besevler, 06500 Ankara, Turkey.
2. Özge Küçükerdönmez, MSd
Gülhane Military Medical Academy
Etlik, Ankara, Turkey.
3. Eda Köksal, PhD
Hacettepe University Dept. of Nutrition & Dietetics
Samanpazari 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
4. Aylin Ayaz, PhD
Hacettepe University
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Samanpazari 06100 Ankara, Turkey.

Correspondence

Naile Bilgili, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Gazi University, School of Nursing,
Besevler, 06500 Ankara, Turkey.
E-mail: nbilgili@gazi.edu.tr

* Received for Publication: March 12, 2009
* Revision Received: April 17, 2009
* Revision Accepted: May 5, 2009

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