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Waist circumference percentile curves as a screening tool to predict cardiovasc...
Andaki,Alynne Christian Ribeiro; Mendes,Edmar Lacerda; Santos,Amanda; Brito,Ciro Jose; Tinôco,Adelson Luiz Araújo; Mota,JorgeThe goals of this study were to develop reference values for waist circumference (WC) in Brazilian children between 6-10 years old and to evaluate the WC performance in predicting cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in children. This is a population-based epidemiological cross-sectional study, in which 1,397 children participated, with a 6-10 years old probability sampling and from public ...
Prevalence and factors associated with metabolic syndrome in 6-10-year-old chil...
Andaki,Alynne Christian Ribeiro; Mendes,Edmar Lacerda; Brito,Ciro Jose; Amorim,Paulo Roberto dos Santos; Wood,Rachel; Tinoco,Adelson Luiz AraújoAbstract Aims: to identify the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and associated risk factors in children. Methods: a total of 1,480 Brazilian children aged 6-10 years old (52.2% girls) participated in this population-based, epidemiological cross-sectional study. The inclusion criteria were children born between the years 2001 and 2006, of both sexes, who did not use remedy, were not on a calorie restricti...