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标题：The Relationship of Body Fat Indicators with Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents with Low Socioeconomic Status
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作者：Ferdino Oliveira Carvalho ; Ferdino Oliveira Carvalho ; William Alves de Oliveira 等
期刊名称：Journal of exercise physiology online
印刷版ISSN：1097-9751
出版年度：2012
卷号：15
期号：3
页码：19-29
语种：English
出版社：American Society of Exercise Physiologists
摘要：Carvalho FO, Oliveira WA, Carneiro MVO, Moraes JFVN, Moreira SR, Campbell CSG. The Relationship of Body Fat Indicators with Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents with Low Socioeconomic Status. JEPonline 2012;14(3):19-29. Increased body fat is considered an independent risk factor in developing cardiovascular diseases, especially systemic arterial hypertension (SAH). However, little is known about this subject in the adolescent population of low socioeconomic status. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to compare the blood pressure (BP) values in adolescents of low socioeconomic status with different relative body fat and verify if an increased waist circumference (WC) is associated with cardiovascular risk. The subjects consisted of 149 adolescents (85 boys and 64 girls) aged 11 to 16 from the city of Ceilândia, Distrito Federal, Brazil. Body mass, stature, and skinfold thickness were measured to estimate body fat percentage (BF%). Shapiro-Wilk’s Test confirmed the normality of data and descriptive statistics were performed to characterize the sample. Comparison between body fat and sex was performed through a one-way ANOVA with Scheffe’s post-hoc. WC above average was considered when the volunteer presented a value above the 90th percentile of the sample with the same sex. Statistical significance was set at P=0.05 and the software used for data analysis was the SPSS v.13.0. Results showed that for both sexes the adolescents with high and average BF% presented higher BP when 20 compared to the subjects with low BF%. High BF% adolescents also presented higher BP when compared to the subjects with average BF%. Lastly, an association between increased WC and BP was found. Therefore, we concluded that body fat indicators (BF% and WC) presented significant associations with BP in adolescents of both sexes with low socioeconomic status.
关键词：Blood Pressure;Low Socioeconomic Status;Waist Circumference