Secular trends in BMI, excess weight and body fat skinfolds in Peruvian children living at high altitude.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Annals of Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-27 DOI:10.1080/03014460.2025.2494565

Carla Santos, Alcibíades Bustamante, José Maia, Olga Vasconcelos, Go Tani, Donald Hedeker, Peter T Katzmarzyk, Sara Pereira

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Abstract

Background: There is limited evidence on secular trends in adiposity among high-altitude children.

Aims: To describe secular trends in body mass index (BMI), excess weight and body fat skinfolds (SKF) among Peruvian children living at high altitude and to investigate the risk for excess weight in 2019 relative to 2009.

Subjects and methods: We sampled 1585 Peruvians aged 6-11 years from the Junín region. Height and weight were measured, and BMI was calculated. WHO cut-offs were used to classify children by weight status. The sum of SKF was used for analysis. BMI and sum SKF were log-transformed. Two-factor ANOVA and post-hoc contrasts were used together with trend plots for BMI_log and SKF_log. Relative risks for excess weight were estimated with 95% confidence intervals. All analyses were done in STATA.

Results: BMI_log and SKF_log means increased in both sexes from 2009 to 2019, with age-specific variation. Between 2009 and 2019, BMI values shifted from near P50 to P75 on WHO percentiles for both sexes in most age groups. The risk of excess weight was not significantly higher for most children in 2019 compared to 2009.

Conclusions: Positive secular trends in BMI_log and SKF_log were observed, with significant increases at specific ages.

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生活在高海拔地区的秘鲁儿童BMI、超重和体脂皮褶的长期趋势。

背景：关于高海拔地区儿童肥胖的长期趋势的证据有限。目的：描述生活在高海拔地区的秘鲁儿童的体重指数（BMI）、超重和体脂皮褶（SKF）的长期趋势，并调查2019年相对于2009年超重的风险。对象和方法：我们从Junín地区抽样了1585名6-11岁的秘鲁人。测量身高、体重，计算BMI。使用世卫组织的截止值按体重状况对儿童进行分类。SKF之和用于分析。对BMI和SKF进行对数变换。双因素方差分析和事后对比与BMIlog和SKFlog的趋势图一起使用。超重的相对风险估计为95%置信区间。所有分析均在STATA中完成。结果：从2009年到2019年，BMIlog和SKFlog均值在两性中均有所增加，但存在年龄特异性差异。在2009年至2019年期间，在大多数年龄组中，男女的身体质量指数在世卫组织百分位数上从接近P50变为P75。与2009年相比，2019年大多数儿童超重的风险并没有明显增加。结论：BMIlog和SKFlog长期呈阳性趋势，在特定年龄显著增加。

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Annals of Human Biology 生物-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.40

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5.90%

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1 months

期刊介绍： Annals of Human Biology is an international, peer-reviewed journal published six times a year in electronic format. The journal reports investigations on the nature, development and causes of human variation, embracing the disciplines of human growth and development, human genetics, physical and biological anthropology, demography, environmental physiology, ecology, epidemiology and global health and ageing research.