Association between leg length-to-height ratio and metabolic syndrome in Chinese children aged 3 to 6years

Gongshu Liu; Jian Liu; Nan Li; Zheying Tang; Fengrong Lan; Lei Pan; Xilin Yang; Gang Hu; Zhijie Yu

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2014.11.002

Association between leg length-to-height ratio and metabolic syndrome in Chinese children aged 3 to 6years

Gongshu Liu, Jian Liu, Nan Li, Zheying Tang, Fengrong Lan, Lei Pan, Xilin Yang, Gang Hu, Zhijie Yu

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Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the association between leg-length-to-height ratio (LLHR) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) among Chinese children. Methods: 1236 children (619 obese and 617 nonobese children) aged 3-6. years participated in a cross-sectional survey in 2005 in Tianjin, China. Information on body adiposity, metabolic traits, and related covariates was obtained using a standardized protocol. LLHR was calculated as the ratio of leg length to stature. Results: In the multivariable logistic regression analyses, compared with those in the lowest quartile, odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of MetS among children in the second through the highest quartiles of LLHR Z-score were 0.89 (95% CI, 0.64-1.25), 0.45 (95% CI, 0.32-0.63), and 0.37 (95% CI, 0.26-0.53), respectively, (P _{for trend}<0.0001 across LLHR Z-score quartiles). Compared with children with both higher levels of LLHR and lower levels of adipose indices, the corresponding ORs of MetS for those with both lower levels of LLHR and higher levels of anthropometric indices were 4.51 (95% CI, 3.08-6.62) for BMI Z-score, 3.86 (95% CI, 2.60-5.73) for waist circumference, and 2.75 (95% CI, 1.85-4.10) for waist-to-hip ratio, respectively. Conclusions: Greater LLHR is inversely associated with MetS in Chinese children.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	62-67
Número de páginas	6
Publicación	Preventive Medicine Reports
Volumen	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2014.11.002
Estado	Published - ene. 1 2014

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The authors thank all field-workers and study participants for their great contribution to the data collection. The authors thank Dr. Terrance Wade who is working with the Department of Community Health Sciences, Brock University for his valuable comments and suggestion on the manuscript development. Sincerely thankness gives to Ms Sheila Young and Ms Liv Park who are working with the Brock International, Brock University for their administrative assistant that makes this study possible. This study was financially supported by grants from the Tianjin Public Health Bureau and the Tianjin Women and Children's Health Center , and a grant from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD)/Chinese Diabetes Society (CDS) for Collaborative Research between China and Europe.

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