title: [Additional cardiovascular risk factors associated with excess weight in children and adolescents: the Belo Horizonte heart study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association of overweight and obesity with physical activity, blood pressure (BP) and serum lipid profiles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Epidemiologic investigation of 1,450 students, between the ages of 6 and 18, in the city of Belo Horizonte, MG.
  
  
  METHODS
  weight, height, BP, skinfold thickness, waist circumference, physical activity, total cholesterol (TC), LDL-c, HDL-c, and dietary habits.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence rates for overweight and obesity were 8.4% and 3.1%, respectively. In relation to the students in the lower quartile (Q1) of the distribution of subscapular skinfold, the students in the upper quartile (Q4) presented a 3.7 times higher risk (odds ratio) of having elevated TC levels. Overweight and obese students had a 3.6 times higher risk of having elevated systolic blood pressure, and a 2.7 times higher risk of elevated diastolic blood pressure when compared to normal weight students. The less active students in the Q1 of distribution of MET presented a 3.8 times higher risk of having elevated TC levels compared to those who were more active (Q4).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students who were overweight, obese or in the upper quartiles for other adiposity variables, as well as students with low levels of physical activity or a sedentary lifestyle presented higher blood pressure levels and a lipid profile indicative of an increased risk of developing atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, SP. dr.robespierre@gmail.com
authors.forename: Robespierre Q C
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Paulo A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lotufo
authors.forename: Joel A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lamounier
authors.forename: Reynaldo G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: José Francisco
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Denise Aparecida
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Botter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008019:Life Style; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D050177:Overweight; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids