Relationship between Anthropometric Measures and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents

نویسندگان

  • Miria Suzana Burgos
  • Leandro Tibiriçá Burgos
  • Marcelo Dias Camargo
  • Silvia Isabel Rech Franke
  • Daniel Prá
  • Antônio Marcos Vargas da Silva
  • Tássia Silvana Borges
  • Pâmela Ferreira Todendi
  • Miriam Beatris Reckziegel
  • Cézane Priscila Reuter
چکیده

BACKGROUND Obesity has been identified as an important risk factor in the development of cardiovascular diseases; however, other factors, combined or not with obesity, can influence cardiovascular risk and should be considered in cardiovascular risk stratification in pediatrics. OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between anthropometry measures and cardiovascular risk factors, to investigate the determinants to changes in blood pressure (BP), and to propose a prediction equation to waist circumference (WC) in children and adolescents. METHODS We evaluated 1,950 children and adolescents, aged 7 to 18 years. Visceral fat was assessed by WC and waist-hip relationship, BP and body mass index (BMI). In a randomly selected subsample of these volunteers (n = 578), total cholesterol, glucose and triglycerides levels were evaluated. RESULTS WC was positively correlated with BMI (r = 0.85; p < 0.001) and BP (SBP r = 0.45 and DBP = 0.37; p < 0.001). Glycaemia and triglycerides showed a weak correlation with WC (r = 0.110; p = 0.008 e r = 0.201; p < 0.001, respectively). Total cholesterol did not correlate with any of the variables. Age, BMI and WC were significant predictors on the regression models for BP (p < 0.001). We propose a WC prediction equation for children and adolescents: boys: y = 17.243 + 0.316 (height in cm); girls: y = 25.197 + 0.256 (height in cm). CONCLUSION WC is associated with cardiovascular risk factors and presents itself as a risk factor predictor of hypertension in children and adolescents. The WC prediction equation proposed by us should be tested in future studies.

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دوره 101  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013