[Adipose tissue distribution in children with excessive body weight and the possibility of development of complications of obesity. II. Positive family history in relation to arteriosclerosis risk factor and the constitutional type of obesity in children].

98 children with simple obesity were investigated. The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (hypertension, coronary heart disease including heart infarction, disturbances of the cerebral circulation) and diabetes in parents and relatives of the obese children have been evaluated. The relation between the type of obesity (androidal, gynoidal) and the prevalence of the above complications in the family history was assessed. No correlation between the type of obesity and the mentioned diseases was observed.