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obesity reviews Posters: Epidemiology, Diet, Activity and Behaviour 331 ____________________________________________________________________________________ overweight for men and women. On the contrary, having experienced some marital events is associated with a lower risk of overweight. Among women, the experience of childhood and adolescence are associated with overweight, but with different meanings. Among men, living (or having lived in the past) with a partner suffering from a serious disease is associated with a higher risk of overweight when having experienced a serious disease before 18 years of age is associated with a lower risk. Conclusion: These results suggest that life events may have an association with weight profile, and differently according to gender. In order to qualify the chronological meaning of these associations and thus better take them into account when preventing obesity, further studies are needed, ideally prospective in a life-course approach. Conflict of interest: None disclosed. Funding: Research relating to this abstract was funded by European Social Fund; France: Research National Agency, Collaborative Institute of Research in Public Health, Ministry of Health, delegation for Urban Policy; Regional council of Ile-de-France, City Council of Paris.
T4:PO.105 Metabolic risk score, cardiorespiratory fitness and mediterranean diet in azorean adolescents (Portugal) Santos R1, Moreira C1, Ruiz, JR2, Lopes L3, Vale S1, Soares-Miranda L1, Marques AI1, Moreira P1, Santos PC1 and Mota J1 1 Research Centre for Physical Activity, Health and Leisure, Faculty of Sports Science. University of Porto. Portugal; 2Unit for Preventive Nutrition - Dept. Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM. Karolinska Institutet. Sweden; 3Institute of Education, University of Minho. Portugal Introduction: This study aimed to analyze the relations between a clustered metabolic risk score (MRS), cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and adherence to Mediterranean dietary patterns in Azorean adolescents. Methods: The sample comprised 517 adolescents (297 girls) aged 15–18 year. A MRS was constructed by summing the age- and sexadjusted Z-scores, of HOMA, triglycerides, BF%, total cholesterolto-HDL ratio and systolic blood pressure. We considered high risk when the MRS was‡1 SD. We assessed CRF by means of the 20 m shuttle run test. Adolescents were classified as fit if their CRF levels were in the FITNESSGRAM healthy zone or above. Dietary intake was obtained by semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire [1]. A Mediterranean Diet Score (MedScore), adapted from the Alternate Mediterranean Score [2-3], was constructed based on the intake of: pulses; vegetables; fresh fruits; nuts; whole grains; fish; red and processed meats; ethanol; and ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fat. Using the gender–specific median of study subjects as cut-off value for each of the components, 1 point was given ‡ median and 0 points for intakes below median for all items except for red and processed meats and ethanol (below median = 1 point. Subjects were categorized into tertiles (low, Medium, high) Results: Logistic regression analysis showed that, after adjusting for parental education and pubertal status, unfit adolescents were more likely (OR = 4.87;95%CI:2.41–9.82;P < 0.001) to be classified as having high MRS, whereas adherence to the Mediterranean diet was not associated with MRS (OR LowMedScore = 0.96; 95%CI: 0.49)1.89; P = 0.909 OR MediumMedScore = 1.63; 95%CI: 0.86– 3.07; P = 0.134). Conclusions: Low CRF was associated with an increased risk for high MRS in adolescents. The early identification of adolescents who are at risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes is crucial in order to implement and develop health-related behaviors. Funding: Supported by FCT-MCTES Grant (BD/44422/2008).
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T4:PO.106 Measurement of adiposity in the young Asian Indian adult McCarthy JP1,2, Thomas EL1, Collins A3, Fitzpatrick J1, Durighel G1, Goldstone AP1, Frost G4 and Bell JD1 1 Metabolic and Molecular Imaging Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College, London, UK; 2Faculty of Health and Social Science, University of Bedfordshire, UK; 3 Nutritional Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; 4 Nutrition and Dietetic Research Group, Investigative Medicine Department, Imperial College London, UK Background: Compared to Caucasians, Asian Indians have a much higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, central obesity, dyslipidemias, and higher risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). Adverse central adiposity may underlie this group’s increased health risk. Aim: To quantify the differences in adiposity between 2 ethnic groups (Asian Indian and Caucasian) of non-obese men using whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: The relationship between age, BMI, aerobic fitness, distribution of internal body fat stores, as measured by whole body, MRI was studied in 87 healthy male volunteers (41 Asian, 46 Caucasian) aged between 19 and 55 years. 1H MR spectroscopy was used to determine intrahepatocellular lipid (IHCL) and intramyocellular lipid (IMCL) content. Results: MRI revealed that Asian participants had greater total adiposity, TAT (P = 0.035), subcutaneous adipose tissue, SAT (P = 0.012), abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue, ASAT (P = 0.005), non-abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue NASAT (P = 0.022), and trunk fat (P = 0.040), and lower VAT/ASAT (P = 0.008) than Caucasians in terms of absolute volume in litres. Expressing values relative to body weight (%BW) showed the Asians had significantly greater TAT, SAT, ASAT and NASAT than Caucasians (all P < 0.001). There were no significant differences in visceral adiposity between Asian and Caucasians. Asians had a non-significant trend towards increased IHCL. Fig. 1. Mean difference and 95% CI for Asian minus Caucasian values for different adipose depots
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