Article,
EVALUATING THE RESULTS OF OBESITY IN CHILDREN AGED 8 TO 14 YEARS ACCORDING TO MAGNESIUM LEVELS
CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL AND NATURAL SCIENCE, 4 (6): 1537-1546 (November 2023)
Abstract
Background In developed countries, it is a public health problem that affects both adults and children. Objective: This study aimed to assess health outcomes related to children with obese according to magnesium levels. Patients and method 120 samples were recruited, and clinical data were collected from one year, from January 2022 to February 2023. All examinations and laboratory tests were performed on the children, which included two groups, the first of which included children suffering from obesity and the second group of children of normal weight. Magnesium levels were assessed based on the degree of obesity and defined for children for all levels of obesity for both groups. Also, the general health of children was evaluated based on the quality-of-life scale. Results This study measured the levels of several biochemical markers in morbidly obese children. The recorded values were as follows: serum magnesium (1.6 ± 0.41), total cholesterol (188.46 ± 26.32), LDL-cholesterol (141.3 ± 27.11), triglycerides (108.46 ± 16.28), HDL-cholesterol (50.66±8.3).
In contrast, this research discovered that the biochemical rates of children with a healthy weight exhibited Serum magnesium levels of 2.5 ± 0.2, Total cholesterol levels of 131.60 ± 29.7, Triglyceride levels of 93.42 ± 23.60, and HDL-cholesterol levels of 58.72 ± 12.84. The blood pressure readings showed notable disparities between the two groups. In the group of morbidly obese children, the average Systolic Blood Pressure (BP) was 57.60 ± 12.3, and the average Diastolic BP was 61.86 ± 9.86. In contrast, the group of normal-weight children had an average Systolic BP of 46.33 ± 8.5 and an average Diastolic BP of 58.2 ± 11.6. Conclusion Most of obese children had a considerable drop in magnesium levels.
