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Title: | Waist circumference and waist circumference to height ratios of Kaingáng indigenous adolescents from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Authors: | Castro, Teresa Gontijo de Barufaldi, Laura Augusta Schlüssel, Michael Maia Conde, Wolney Lisboa Leite, Maurício Soares Schuch, Ilaine |
Affilliation: | Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil. Departamento de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brasil. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil. |
Abstract: | The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of waist circumference (WC) and WC to height (WCTH) values among Kaingáng indigenous adolescents in order to estimate the prevalence of high WCTH values and evaluate the correlation between WC and WCTH and body mass index (BMI)-for-age. A total of 1,803 indigenous adolescents were evaluated using a school-based cross-sectional study. WCTH values > 0.5 were considered high. Higher mean WC and WCTH values were observed for girls in all age categories. WCTH values > 0.5 were observed in 25.68% of the overall sample of adolescents. Mean WC and WCTH values were significantly higher for adolescents with BMI/age z-scores > 2 than for those with normal z-scores. The correlation coefficients of WC and WCTH for BMI/age were r = 0.68 and 0.76, respectively, for boys, and r = 0.79 and 0.80, respectively, for girls. This study highlights elevated mean WC and WCTH values and high prevalence of abdominal obesity among Kaingáng indigenous adolescents. |
Keywords: | Brasil Saúde de Populações Indígenas Epidemiologia Região Sul Antropometria Kaingang Rio Grande do Sul Kaingáng Estudos Epidemiológicos Índice de Massa Corporal Estado Nutricional Avaliação Nutricional Sobrepeso e Obesidade Inquéritos Nutricionais Saúde do Adolescente Circunferência da Cintura |
DeCS: | Brasil Saúde de Populações Indígenas Epidemiologia Antropometria Estudos Epidemiológicos Índice de Massa Corporal Estado Nutricional Avaliação Nutricional Inquéritos Nutricionais Saúde do Adolescente Circunferência da Cintura |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |
Citation: | CASTRO, Teresa Gontijo de; BARUFALDI, Laura A.; SCHLüSSEL, Michael Maia; CONDE, Wolney Lisboa; LEITE, Maurício Soares; SCHUCH, Ilaine. Waist circumference and waist circumference to height ratios of Kaingáng indigenous adolescents from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Cadernos de Saúde Pública, v. 28, n. 11, p. 2053-2062, 2012. |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1590/S0102-311X2012001100005 |
ISSN: | 1678-4464 |
Copyright: | open access |
Appears in Collections: | AN - Artigos de Periódicos EPI - Artigos de Periódicos |
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