Relationship between anthropometric and hemodynamic indexes in school children/Relacao entre os indicadores antropometricos e hemidonamicos em escolares

Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in world population. Current analysis with 1074 schoolchildren in municipal schools of Cruzeiro do Oeste, Parana State, Brazil, evaluated anthropometric indexes and blood pressure levels of schoolchildren and verified the relationship between Body...

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Published in:Acta scientiarum. Health sciences 2014-01, Vol.36 (1), p.59
Main Authors: Azambuja, Ana Paula de Oliveira, Netto-Oliveira, Edna Regina, de Oliveira, Amauri Aparecido Bassoli, Azambuja, Maximiliano dos Anjos, Rinaldi, Wilson
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Language:Spanish
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Summary:Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in world population. Current analysis with 1074 schoolchildren in municipal schools of Cruzeiro do Oeste, Parana State, Brazil, evaluated anthropometric indexes and blood pressure levels of schoolchildren and verified the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist Circumference (WC) with blood pressure (BP). Evaluations comprised weight and height for the calculation of BMI, waist circumference and arterial pressure. Chi-square test and Cramer's coefficient verified whether the variables were associated. High percentage of weight excess was reported, or rather, 16.6% of children were overweight; 9.8% were obese; 30.6% had high WC and 38.3% had high blood pressure. BMI and WC were associated with high BP. Overweight schoolchildren with central adiposity had a great trend of having high blood pressure. Keywords: body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure. As doencas cardiovasculares sao a principal causa de morte na populacao. O estudo objetivou avaliar os indicadores antropometricos e os niveis pressoricos de escolares e verificar a relacao entre esses indicadores: Indice de Massa Corporal (IMC) e Circunferencia de Cintura (CC) com Pressao Arterial (PA). O estudo foi realizado com 1.074 escolares, em escolas municipais do municipio de Cruzeiro do Oeste, Estado do Parana. As avaliacoes consistiram em medida de peso e estatura para o calculo do Indice de Massa Corporal, da Circunferencia da Cintura e da Pressao Arterial. Associacoes entre as variaveis foram verificadas utilizando do teste de qui-quadrado e pelo coeficiente de Cramer. Observou-se elevado percentual de excesso de peso, sendo sobrepeso de 16,6% e obeso 9,8%, 30,6% de CC alterada e 38,3% de escolares com medidas pressoricas elevadas. Tanto IMC como CC demonstraram associacao com PA elevada. Os escolares com excesso de peso e adiposidade central apresentam maiores chances de elevar suas medidas pressoricas. Palavras-chave: indice de massa corporal, circunferencia da cintura, pressao arterial.
ISSN:1679-9291
1807-8648
DOI:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i1.16741