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. 2023 Apr 3;6(4):e238141.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.8141.

Evaluation of Body Mass Index, Overweight and Obesity Status, and Cholesterol Levels in Younger Children

Ursa Sustar  1   2 , Olga Kordonouri  3 , Stefan Arens  3 , Jernej Kovac  2   4 , Katarina Sedej  5 , Tadej Battelino  1   2 , Urh Groselj  1   2
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Evaluation of Body Mass Index, Overweight and Obesity Status, and Cholesterol Levels in Younger Children

Ursa Sustar et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
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This cohort study examines cholesterol levels in children with overweight or obesity.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Kordonouri reported receiving grants from Sanofi during the conduct of the study. Dr Groselj reported receiving grants from Novartis outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (LDL-C) and Total Cholesterol (TC) Levels According to the Body Mass Index Standard Deviation Score (BMI SDS) in the General Pediatric Population
Association between LDL-C (A) and TC (B) levels and BMI SDS of the general pediatric population. Pairwise comparison of the LDL-C (C) and TC (D) levels of the children categorized according to their BMI SDS: severely obese (>99th percentile), obese (95th-99th percentile), overweight (85th-95th percentile), normal (5th-85th percentile), and underweight (<5th percentile). Extreme levels of LDL-C (>158.3 mg/dL) and TC (>213.7 mg/dL) (to convert to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0259) are represented with dots. The dashed line represents the cutoff level for LDL-C and TC. aP < .05. bP < .01. cP < .001.
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