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. 2013 Nov-Dec;89(6):575-82.
doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2013.03.020. Epub 2013 Sep 9.

Association of breakfast intake with cardiometabolic risk factors

Gita Shafiee  1 , Roya Kelishadi, Mostafa Qorbani, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Majzobeh Taheri, Gelayol Ardalan, Mahnaz Taslimi, Parinaz Poursafa, Ramin Heshmat, Bagher Larijani
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Association of breakfast intake with cardiometabolic risk factors

Gita Shafiee et al. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2013 Nov-Dec.
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Abstract

Objective: this study aimed to evaluate the association of breakfast intake with cardiometabolic risk factors in a nationally-representative sample of Iranian pediatrics.

Methods: the study participants considered of 5,625 school students aged 10-18 years, studied in the third survey of the national school-based surveillance system (CASPIAN-III). They were classified into three groups based on the number of days they ate breakfast: "regular breakfast eater" (6-7days/week), "often breakfast eater" (3-5days/week), and "seldom breakfast eater" (0-2 days/week). Metabolic syndrome (MetS) was defined based on the Adult Treatment Panel III (ATP III) criteria modified for the pediatric age group. Moreover, high total cholesterol, high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and generalized obesity were included as other cardiometabolic risk factors. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between the breakfast intake category and cardiometabolic risk factors.

Results: the number of subjects classified as "regular", "often" and "seldom" breakfast eaters were 2,653(47.3%), 1,327(23.7%) and 1,624(29.0%), respectively. The average of triglycerides (TG), LDL-C, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and body mass index (BMI) were higher in the "seldom breakfast eater" group (P for trend<0.001), whereas the mean of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) was lower in this group than their other counterparts. Seldom breakfast eaters had an increased risk of obesity, elevated TG and LDL-C, as well as low HDL-C compared to "regular breakfast eaters". The risk of MetS was significantly increased in subjects who seldom ate breakfast (OR 1.96, 95% CI 1.18-3.27).

Conclusions: skipping breakfast is associated with increased risk of MetS and other cardiometabooic factors in children and adolescents. Promoting the benefit of eating breakfast could be a simple and important implication to prevent these risk factors.

Keywords: Breakfast consumption; Cardiovascular risk factors; Consumo de café da manhã; Fatores de risco cardiovascular; Metabolic syndrome; Síndrome metabólica.

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