Relationship between anthropometric and hemodynamic indexes in school children

Auteurs-es

  • Ana Paula de Oliveira Azambuja Universidade Estadual de Maringá Auteur
  • Edna Regina Netto-Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Maringá Auteur
  • Amauri Aparecido Bássoli de Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Maringá Auteur
  • Maximiliano dos Anjos Azambuja Universidade Estadual Paulista Auteur
  • Wilson Rinaldi Universidade Estadual de Maringá Auteur

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i1.16741

Mots-clés :

body mass index, waist circumference, blood pressure

Résumé

http://dx.doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i1.16741

Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in world population. Current analysis with 1074 schoolchildren in municipal schools of Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná 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.

 

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2014-03-06

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Educação Física

Comment citer

Azambuja, A. P. de O., Netto-Oliveira, E. R., Oliveira, A. A. B. de, Azambuja, M. dos A., & Rinaldi, W. (2014). Relationship between anthropometric and hemodynamic indexes in school children. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 36(1), 59-64. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v36i1.16741

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