Proposal of cut points for the indication of abdominal obesity among adolescents.
BACKGROUND
The absence of critical values for the cardiovascular risk identification among Brazilian adolescents represents an important limitation.


OBJECTIVE
To prepare critical values for the waist circumference and to analyze its efficiency in indicating increased values of the arterial pressure.


METHODS
Transversal study that evaluated 1,145 adolescents, from 11 to 17 years old (536 of the male sex and 609 of the female), their body weight values, stature, resistance, reactance, tricipital cutaneous fold, waist circumference and arterial pressure (n = 334) were collected. The abdominal obesity was indicated by waist circumference values.


RESULTS
The obese adolescents presented higher waist circumference values and, independently of the gender and age group, there was a significant relation between the waist circumference values and all the adiposity indicators adopted in the study. The proposed critical values presented higher sensibility in indicating increased values of the arterial pressure.


CONCLUSIONS
The critical values proposed for the waist circumference were more sensitive in the indication of increased values of the blood pressure. However, other studies to investigate their efficacy in the indication of other clinical and laboratorial parameters are still needed.
Fernandes
Rômulo Araújo
RA
Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, SP, Brasil.
Christofaro
Diego Giulliano Destro
DG
Chritofaro
Diego Giulliano Destro
DG
Codogno
Jamile Sanches
JS
Buonani
Camila
C
Bueno
Denise Rodrigues
DR
Oliveira
Arli Ramos de
AR
Rosa
Clara Suemi da Costa
CS
Freitas Júnior
Ismael Forte
IF
D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012016:Reference Values; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055105:Waist Circumference / Q000502:physiology*