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• TITLE: Association of Body Mass Index and Lipid Profiles in Children

  AUTHORS: Gülsen Meral, Ayşegül Uslu, Ali Ünsal Yozgatli, Faruk Akçay

  KEYWORDS: Body Mass Index, Children, Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Pediatrics, Vol.5 No.2, June 2, 2015

  ABSTRACT: We examined the lipid values of obese and normal-weight children, to look if there is an association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and lipid profiles. Our study group included 100 volunteers (50 children with normal BMI and 50 with high BMI) who were admitted to Kagithane State Hospital Pediatrics Clinic for various reasons between July 2010 and May 2011. The inclusion criteria were as follows: age between 2 and 14 years, no chronic disease and no developmental defects. The high BMI group had significantly higher Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) levels in comparison to the normal BMI group (p