Childhood obesity mostly transitions into adulthood and leads to non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. We aimed to examine individual-level transitions in metabolic parameters during adolescence and young adulthood. We analyzed metabolic parameters in 523 participants (311 males) who underwent health examinations at the ages of 14 y (8th grade) and 20 y. Weight status was assessed by the International Obesity Task Force at 14 y and by BMI (thinness: <18.5; normal: 18.5-24.9; obesity: ≥25.0) at 20 y. HbA1c ≥5.7% was defined as high. Clustered metabolic risk score (CMR) was calculated by summing the sex-age specific Z-scores of each metabolic factor (mean arterial pressure, non-HDLC, and HbA1c) with ≥1 SD defined as high. Among participants who were obese at 14 y, 56% of males and 29% of females remained obese at 20 y. In both sexes, 30-50% had high HbA1c and 30-50% had high CMR as tracked from adolescence to adulthood (table). Furthermore, the high CMR of obese females increased markedly from about 20% at 14 y to 50% at 20 y. In addition, 60% of females who were obese at both 14 y and 20 y had high HbA1c at 20 y. Results suggested the importance of lifestyle interventions from childhood, as about half of the high metabolic parameters observed in adolescents were tracked into adulthood, and obesity complications, which were rarely shown at 14 y, appeared in many at age 20 y.
I. Ikeda: None. K. Fujihara: None. H. Shiozaki: None. S.Y. Morikawa: None. C. Horikawa: None. Y. Takeda: None. H. Ishiguro: None. T. Yamada: None. S. Kodama: None. Y. Ogawa: None. H. Sone: Research Support; Novo Nordisk, Astellas Pharma Inc., Kowa Company, Ltd., Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd., Eisai Inc., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.
