1. Cardiovascular risk factors in pre-pubertal schoolchildren in Angola
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Silva, Amílcar BT, Rodrigues, Sérgio L, Baldo, Marcelo P, Mill, José Geraldo, Capingana, Daniel P, Magalhães, Pedro, Gonçalves, Mauer AA, Mateus, Miguel SB, and Molina, Maria del Carmen B
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cardiovascular risk ,Blood Glucose ,Male ,obesity ,Pediatric Obesity ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Cross-sectional study ,030231 tropical medicine ,Overweight ,Body Mass Index ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Age Distribution ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,childern ,Internal medicine ,Prevalence ,medicine ,overweight ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,Dyslipidemias ,business.industry ,Cholesterol ,Cardiovascular Topics ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Age Factors ,blood pressure ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Confidence interval ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Blood pressure ,Angola ,chemistry ,Cardiovascular Diseases ,Hyperglycemia ,Hypertension ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Body mass index ,Biomarkers - Abstract
Summary Methods The incidence of obesity is increasing worldwide, especially in countries with accelerated economic growth. We determined the prevalence of and associations between overweight/ obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in pre-pubertal (seven- to 11-year-old) schoolchildren (both genders, n = 198) in Luanda, Angola. Biochemical (fasting blood) and clinical examinations were obtained in a single visit. Data are reported as prevalence (95% confidence intervals) and association (r, Pearson). Results Prevalence of overweight/obesity was 17.7% (12.4–23.0%), high blood pressure (BP < 90% percentile) was 14.6% (9.7–19.5%), elevated glucose level was 16.7% (11.5–21.9%) and total cholesterol level < 170 mg/dl (4.4 mmol/l) was 69.2% (62.8–75.6%). Significant associations between body mass index (BMI) and systolic and diastolic BP (r = 0.46 and 0.40, respectively; p < 0.05) were found. No association between BMI and elevated glucose or cholesterol levels was found. Conclusion The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors was high in pre-pubertal schoolchildren in Angola and fat accumulation was directly associated with blood pressure increase but not with other cardiovascular risk factors.
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- 2016