Cent Eur J Public Health 2010, 18(3):139-144 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3563

Cardiovascular Risk Predictors in Central Slovakian Roma Children and Adolescents: Regional Differences

Zuzana Hujová1, Roman Alberty1, Ivan Ahlers2, Eva Ahlersová2, Edita Paulíková2, Júlia Desatníková3, Drahoslav Gábor4, Františka Hrubá5
1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Matthias Belius University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
2 Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Košice, Slovakia
3 Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Matthias Belius University, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
4 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, F. D. Roosevelt Faculty Hospital, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
5 Regional Institute of Public Health, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

The objective of the study was to determine some Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk factors in 174 Roma children and adolescents (88 males and 86 females) aged 7-18 in 3 Central Slovakian cities (44 from Žilina, 39 from Banská Bystrica and 91 from Rimavská Sobota). Venous blood samples were drawn in the morning, after a 12 hour overnight fast for biochemical analysis. Total cholesterol (TC) and triglycerides (TG) were determined enzymatically. HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) after selective precipitation lipoproteins containing apolipoprotein B and LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) was calculated by the Friedewald Formula. Serum levels of apolipoproteins (apo A, apo B) were analyzed immunochemically. Concentration of lipoprotein a [Lp(a)] was analyzed by immunonephelometric method (Beckman-Coulter System). Anthropometric measurements, including weight, height, waist and hip circumference were used to calculate the sum of the body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR). Measured blood pressure (BP) was used to classify for hypertension. Significant differences were determined in serum levels of LDL-C (p<0.05; by Tukey HSD test multiple comparison more significant difference was determined between Žilina and Rimavská Sobota p<0.046), TG (p=0.008), apo A (p<0.001), Lp(a) (p=0.042), WHR (p<0.001), BMI (p<0.001), sBP (p<0.001) and dBP (p=0.012) in Roma individuals of all locality groups. The Roma population from Rimavská Sobota had (in comparison to the examined populations) statistically higher values of TC, TG, LDL-C, lower HDL-C. The population showed significant relation of TG and stress at home (p=0.03) and at school (p=0.01), HDL-C and cigarette smoking (p=0.004), apo A and cigarette smoking (p=0.02) and socioeconomic status (p=0.006), WHR and cigarette smoking (p=0.02). Risk values of WHR, apo B and Lp(a) were mostly determined in Žilina's population (WHR significantly connected with family history CVD p=0.03, cigarette smoking p=0.02 and leisure time physical activity p<0.001) and BMI, apo A and BP in Banská Bystrica. WHR was positively correlated to BP and negatively to HDL-C and TG only in Roma participants from Rimavská Sobota. BMI was positively correlated to systolic BP in populations from Banská Bystrica and Rimavská Sobota. The results of the study should improve the paediatric health treatment and prevention of CVD risk predictors for Roma from different cities.

Keywords: Roma, regional, differences, children, adolescents, cardiovascular risk factors

Received: May 18, 2009; Revised: November 23, 2009; Accepted: November 23, 2009; Published: September 1, 2010  Show citation

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Hujová Z, Alberty R, Ahlers I, Ahlersová E, Paulíková E, Desatníková J, et al.. Cardiovascular Risk Predictors in Central Slovakian Roma Children and Adolescents: Regional Differences. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2010;18(3):139-144. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a3563. PubMed PMID: 21033608.
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