%0 Journal Article
%T Circunfer¨ºncia da cintura e rela£¿£¿o cintura/estatura: ¨²teis para identificar risco metab¨®lico em adolescentes do sexo feminino?
%A Pereira
%A Patr¨ªcia Feliciano
%A Serrano
%A Hiara Miguel S
%A Carvalho
%A Gisele Queiroz
%A Lamounier
%A Joel Alves
%A Peluzio
%A Maria do Carmo G.
%A Franceschini
%A Sylvia do Carmo C.
%A Priore
%A Silvia Eloiza
%J Revista Paulista de Pediatria
%D 2011
%I Sociedade de Pediatria de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0103-05822011000300011
%X objective: to evaluate if the waist circumference and the waist-to-height ratio (whtr) are predictors of cardiovascular risk factors in female adolescents. methods: 113 adolescents aged 14 to 19 years old were assessed according to anthropometric data (weight, height, waist circumference), biochemical and clinical parameters (total cholesterol, ldl-c, hdl-c, triglyceride, fasting glucose, insulin, homeostasis model to assess insulin resistance - homa-ir), leptin, homocysteine and blood pressure. the cut points used for identification of abdominal fat were waist and whtr values >90th percentile. results: teenagers with abdominal obesity presented greater values of triglycerides (except for whtr), insulin, homa-ir, leptin and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, while the hdl-c was reduced in the group with waist circumference >90th percentile, however without statistical significance (p=0.052). conclusions: the present study showed that waist and whtr are useful measures to identify female adolescents with a high cardiovascular risk, however the waist circumference presented a better performance.
%K adolescente
%K gordura abdominal
%K circunfer¨ºncia da cintura
%K doen£¿as cardiovasculares.
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