title: Body fat equations and electrical bioimpedance values in prediction of cardiovascular risk factors in eutrophic and overweight adolescents.
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze body fat anthropometric equations and electrical bioimpedance analysis (BIA) in the prediction of cardiovascular risk factors in eutrophic and overweight adolescents. 210 adolescents were divided into eutrophic group (G1) and overweight group (G2). The percentage of body fat (% BF) was estimated using 10 body fat anthropometric equations and 2 BIA. We measured lipid profiles, uric acid, insulin, fasting glucose, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and blood pressure. We found that 76.7% of the adolescents exhibited inadequacy of at least one biochemical parameter or clinical cardiovascular risk. Higher values of triglycerides (TG) (P = 0.001), insulin, and HOMA-IR (P < 0.001) were observed in the G2 adolescents. In multivariate linear regression analysis, the % BF from equation (5) was associated with TG, diastolic blood pressure, and insulin in G1. Among the G2 adolescents, the % BF estimated by (5) and (9) was associated with LDL, TG, insulin, and the HOMA-IR. Body fat anthropometric equations were associated with cardiovascular risk factors and should be used to assess the nutritional status of adolescents. In this study, equation (5) was associated with a higher number of cardiovascular risk factors independent of the nutritional status of adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition and Health-CCB II, Federal University of Viçosa, Avenida P.H. Rolfs s/n°, Campus UFV, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Franciane Rocha
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: Eliane Rodrigues
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: Roberta Stofeles
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Cecon
authors.forename: Djalma Adão
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Barbosa Júnior
authors.forename: Sylvia do Carmo Castro
authors.initials: Sdo C
authors.lastname: Franceschini
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo Gouveia
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Peluzio
authors.forename: Andréia Queiroz
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Pedro Israel Cabral
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.forename: Paulo Roberto
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Cecon
authors.forename: Silvia Eloiza
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Priore