Avaliar a validade diagnóstica de quatro tabelas de referência para circunferência da cintura em adolescentes do sexo feminino para detecção de alterações lipídicas, hiperinsulinemia, homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) elevado, hiperleptinemia e elevada adiposidade corporal. Avaliadas 113 adolescentes com idade entre 14 e 19 anos, provenientes de escolas públicas de Viçosa (MG). Em amostras de sangue foram dos...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the peripheral expression of inflammatory markers in adolescents with different nutritional status and its correlation with parameters of the metabolic syndrome. Seventy-two female postpubescent adolescents were divided into 3 groups: eutrophic (Co), eutrophic with a high body fat percentage (HBF), and overweight (OW). Data related to the parameters of the metabolic s...
Avaliar se a medida da circunferência da cintura e a relação cintura/estatura (RCE) são preditoras de fatores de risco cardiovasculares em adolescentes do sexo feminino. Avaliaram-se 113 adolescentes de 14 a 19 anos quanto à antropometria (peso, estatura e circunferência da cintura), parâmetros bioquímicos e clínicos (colesterol total, LDL-C, HDL-C, triglicerídeos, glicemia de jejum, insulina, homeostasis model...
Verificar a correlação entre medidas de localização da gordura corporal com índice de massa corporal (IMC), percentual de gordura corporal (%GC) e estatura, de acordo com o estado nutricional em adolescentes do sexo feminino. Realizou-se estudo transversal controlado, com 113 adolescentes (G1: 38 eutróficas, mas com gordura corporal elevada; G2: 40 eutróficas e G3: 35 com excesso de peso), de 14 a 19 anos, de e...
Objective: We analyzed the serum vitamin D concentrations and identified the factors associated with vitamin D deficiency in Brazilian pregnant women, in a city with a high solar exposure. Methods: Cross-sectional study with a sample of 190 pregnant women in a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia. Socio-environmental information, regarding the lifestyle and biological factors of participants, was collec...
Verificar a correlação entre medidas de localização da gordura corporal com índice de massa corporal (IMC), percentual de gordura corporal (%GC) e estatura, de acordo com o estado nutricional em adolescentes do sexo feminino. Realizou‐se estudo transversal controlado, com 113 adolescentes (G1: 38 eutróficas mas com gordura corporal elevada; G2: 40 eutróficas e G3: 35 com excesso de peso), de 14 a 19 anos, de es...
Adolescents with excess body fat and eutrophic had the same metabolic changes expected in obese individuals. To evaluate body composition, anthropometric changes, biochemical and clinical characteristics of female adolescents. A total of 113 adolescents from public schools in Viçosa, MG, divided into three groups: group 1 - consisting of eutrophic adolescents with excess body fat; group 2 - eutrophic with body ...
To evaluate the diagnostic validity of four waist circumference reference tables in female adolescents for detection of lipid abnormalities, hyperinsulinemia, high homeostasis model assessment (HOMA), hyperleptinemia, and high body adiposity. We evaluated 113 adolescents aged between 14 and 19 years enrolled in public schools of Viçosa (state of Minas Gerais, Brazil). Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides,...
Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais; The subclinical chronic inflammation is confirmed as a new syndrome related to the development of insulin resistance. The fat tissue appears as important organ responsible for the increased expression of inflammatory substances, contributing to the development of this syndrome. This condition in adolescents with excess body fat is little known. The aim of...