Blood sugar levels are higher in obese young children in Sweden than in Poland. (29th August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hagman, Emilia; Ighani Arani, Perna; Fischer, Manjula; Danielsson, Pernilla; Marcinkiewicz, Katarzyna; Petriczko, Elzbieta; Marcus, Claude
• Is Part Of: Acta pædiatrica. Volume 103:Number 11(2014:Nov.)
• Page Start: 1174
• Page End: 1178
• Publication Date: 2014-08-29
• Subjects: Pediatrics -- Periodicals; Pediatrics; 618.92
• DOI: 10.1111/apa.12760
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0803-5253

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="apa12760-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="apa12760-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Aim</title> <p>An elevated fasting glucose level is an early sign of metabolic dysfunction in obese children. This study compared fasting glucose levels in obese young children in Poland and Sweden.</p> </sec> <sec id="apa12760-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>We identified 109 obese children aged between two and 10 years from a Polish obesity register, with a mean BMI SDS (SD) of 3.72 (0.86). Each Polish child was matched by gender, age and degree of obesity, with ten children (n = 1090) from BORIS, the Swedish national childhood obesity treatment register. A group of 86 Swedish nonobese children served as controls.</p> </sec> <sec id="apa12760-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>The mean fasting glucose values of the Polish, Swedish and nonobese cohorts were 4.73 (0.51) mmol/L, 4.92 (0.50) mmol/L and 4.56 (0.39) mmol/L, respectively. After adjusting for variables affecting fasting glucose, the mean glucose value of the Swedish obese children was 0.20 mmol/L higher than that of Polish obese children (p < 0.0001) and 0.41 mmol/L higher than in nonobese controls (p < 0.0001).</p> </sec> <sec id="apa12760-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusion</title> <p>Swedish obese young children had higher glucose levels than Polish obese young children. This suggests that Swedish obese children face a higher risk of the prediabetic stage impaired fasting glycaemia.</p> </sec> </abstract>