Population-Based Studies on the Epidemiology of Insulin Resistance in Children

M P van der Aa, S Fazeli Farsani, C A J Knibbe, A de Boer, M M J van der Vorst, M P van der Aa, S Fazeli Farsani, C A J Knibbe, A de Boer, M M J van der Vorst

Abstract

Background: In view of the alarming incidence of obesity in children, insight into the epidemiology of the prediabetic state insulin resistance (IR) seems important. Therefore, the aim of this systematic review was to give an overview of all population-based studies reporting on the prevalence and incidence rates of IR in childhood.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane library were searched in order to find all available population-based studies describing the epidemiology of IR in pediatric populations. Prevalence rates together with methods and cut-off values used to determine IR were extracted and summarized with weight and sex specific prevalence rates of IR if available.

Results: Eighteen population-based studies were identified, describing prevalence rates varying between 3.1 and 44%, partly explained by different definitions for IR. Overweight and obese children had higher prevalence rates than normal weight children. In seven out of thirteen studies reporting sex specific results, girls seemed to be more affected than boys.

Conclusion: Prevalence rates of IR reported in children vary widely which is partly due to the variety of definitions used. Overweight and obese children had higher prevalence and girls were more insulin resistant than boys. Consensus on the definition for IR in children is needed to allow for comparisons between different studies.

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Figure 1
Flowchart of search and included studies.
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Figure 2
The overall prevalence rates (%) of IR in the included studies.
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Figure 3
Prevalence of IR by sex (a) and weight category (b).

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