Although several authors claim that the measure of the waist circumference (WC) is a more reliable cardiovascular risk factor index compared to body mass index (BMI) and other adiposity indicators, these results are not yet conclusive in exclusively pediatric population. The objective of this study was to compare the WC and BMI with risk factors for cardiovascular diseases in adolescents. The sample was composed by 108 boys and 133 girls (12 to 16 years). The WC and BMI were measured following usual anthropometric procedures. The risk factors for cardiovascular disease analyzed were blood pressure, total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C and triglycerides. For statistical analyses we used descriptive statistics, chi-square tests and logistic regres...
<p class="abstract"><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p class="abstract"><strong> BACKGROUN...
Background Obesity has its origins in early childhood; however, there is limited evidence of the ...
Epidemiological studies have indicated a relationship between overweight and cardiovascular disease....
BACKGROUND: There is controversial evidence on the associations between anthropometric measures with...
Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are associated with an increas...
Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are associated with an increas...
Background. It has been demonstrated that indirect indicators of adiposity such as body mass index a...
textabstractObjective: Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are ass...
INTRODUCTION: To compare the ability of Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist to...
Objectives To explore the optimal threshold values of waist circumference (WC) for detecting cardiov...
Objective: Intra-abdominal fat has been identified as being the most clinically relevant type of fat...
Objective: Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are associated with...
OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the magnitude of the association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk fa...
To compare the ability of Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist to height ratio ...
OBJECTIVE: To verify whether neck circumference can predict cardiovascular risk factors and excess b...
<p class="abstract"><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p class="abstract"><strong> BACKGROUN...
Background Obesity has its origins in early childhood; however, there is limited evidence of the ...
Epidemiological studies have indicated a relationship between overweight and cardiovascular disease....
BACKGROUND: There is controversial evidence on the associations between anthropometric measures with...
Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are associated with an increas...
Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are associated with an increas...
Background. It has been demonstrated that indirect indicators of adiposity such as body mass index a...
textabstractObjective: Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are ass...
INTRODUCTION: To compare the ability of Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist to...
Objectives To explore the optimal threshold values of waist circumference (WC) for detecting cardiov...
Objective: Intra-abdominal fat has been identified as being the most clinically relevant type of fat...
Objective: Childhood and adolescent overweight, defined by body mass index (BMI) are associated with...
OBJECTIVE: We analyzed the magnitude of the association between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk fa...
To compare the ability of Body Mass Index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist to height ratio ...
OBJECTIVE: To verify whether neck circumference can predict cardiovascular risk factors and excess b...
<p class="abstract"><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p class="abstract"><strong> BACKGROUN...
Background Obesity has its origins in early childhood; however, there is limited evidence of the ...
Epidemiological studies have indicated a relationship between overweight and cardiovascular disease....