Associação de indicadores antropométricos com fatores de risco cardiovascular em adolescentes com excesso de peso

Association of anthropometric indicators with cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents with weight excess

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the relationship of anthropometric parameters with cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents with
weight excess at the outpatient clinic of the Center for the Study of Adolescent Health. Methods: This was a cross sectional
study that assessed adolescents from 12 to 17 years with weight excess, participants of the program for prevention of
adolescent obesity by anthropometry, bioimpedance, biochemical and blood pressure. The association between
anthropometric parameters and risk factors was assessed by linear regression. Results: A total of 27 adolescents was assessed, of which 59.26% were boys and 40.74% girls. There was no statistically signifi cant difference between the sexes
in terms of the variables analyzed. 89% of adolescents had three or more cardiovascular risk factors. The body mass index
was associated signifi cantly with waist circumference, body fat percentage and waist-height. The fat percentage was also
signifi cantly associated with waist circumference and waist-height. There was a signifi cant association between triglycerides
and body mass index, waist circumference and waist-height, and the explanatory power of 25%, 17% and 19%, respectively.
Conclusion: The association of body mass index, waist circumference and waist-height with triglycerides, demonstrates the
importance of assessing obesity in a global and localized way to predict risk of comorbidities in adolescents. It takes standard
cutoffs for this population and a directioning of prevention programs of weight excess, allowing early preventive action.