Markers of chronic disease risk in a cohort of Aboriginal children: findings from the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH).
Aboriginal
body mass index
children
cholesterol
chronic disease
Journal
Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
ISSN: 1753-6405
Titre abrégé: Aust N Z J Public Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9611095
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Dec 2021
Historique:
revised:
01
08
2021
received:
01
06
2021
accepted:
01
08
2021
pubmed:
15
10
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
entrez:
14
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study investigated chronic disease risk markers among a cohort of Aboriginal children in New South Wales. Distributions of body mass index (BMI), blood lipids and haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) among Aboriginal children aged 5-<19 years were investigated. Prevalence ratios (PR) were calculated for borderline/high total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and HbA1c, and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, by age group, sex and BMI. Almost half (46.8%) of the cohort, had a normal BMI and 53.3% had overweight or obesity. Prevalence of chronic disease risk markers was low, with no individuals having high total cholesterol (0.0%) and few having high LDL (3.0%) or borderline/high HbA1c (2.6%); 85.5% of the cohort had normal HDL. There was no significant variation in the prevalence of chronic disease risk markers by age group or sex. The prevalence of borderline total cholesterol was 28% higher (PR 1.28, 95%CI 1.06-1.54), and the prevalence of low HDL was double (2.00, 1.19-3.35) for participants with obesity versus normal BMI. Dyslipidaemia and elevated HbA1c prevalence was low in the cohort, increasing with high BMI. Overweight and obesity were common, which increase the risk of developing chronic disease later in life. Implications for public health: Findings indicate few Aboriginal children have dyslipidaemia and hyperglycaemia, supporting screening for chronic disease risk factors from 18 years of age. Opportunities to reduce overweight and obesity among children should be considered to decrease the future risk of chronic disease.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34648223
doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13167
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
637-642Subventions
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 358457
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 512685
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1023998
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1035378
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council
ID : 1124822
Organisme : NSW Ministry of Health
Organisme : Commonwealth Department of Health
Organisme : Australian National University Masters Scholarship
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
ID : 1156276
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
ID : 1122273
Organisme : National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
ID : 1136128
Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Authors.
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