Association of lipids and antropometrics measures of adiposity in adolescents

Authors

  • Neiva Leite Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Fabrício Cieslak Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Gerusa Eisfeld Milano Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Suelen Meira Góes Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Maria de Fátima Aguiar Lopes Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Paulo César Barauce Bento Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Rosana Bento Radominski Universidade Federal do Paraná

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-0037.2009v11n2p127

Abstract

The arm of this study was to relate lipidic levels to global and central obesity in adolescents. Transversal, descriptive and co-relational study. 127 pubescent subjects took part in this study, 71 girls (13.39+1.81 years) and 56 boys (13.10+1.97 years). It was identified global adiposity through the body mass index (BMI) as well central adiposity through the waist circumference (WC), according to age, sex, and ethnics. It had been determined levels of total cholesterol (TC), high density lipoprotein (HDL-C), low density lipoprotein (LDL-C) and triglycerides (TG) after twelve hours of overnight fasting. The date had been analyzed through Chi-square test and Pearson`s correlation, considering the significance level of p<0.05. It had been identified increased levels of TC in the obese group (boys=61.90%; girls=56.89%) as well as in the non-obese group (boys=64.28%; girls=61.54%), without statistical difference. The HDL-C were lower in the boys obese group compared to the non-obese (64.29% vs 28.57%; p=0.019) and in the female obese group in relation to the non-obese (60.35% vs 23.08%; p=0.014). It was identified a greater proportion of TC surplus in he male obese group than in the non-obese (50% vs 14.29%; p=0.018). Positive associations were verified for logn TG and logn BMI (r=0.215; p<0.001) and logn TG e logn WC (r=0.210; p<0.001), negative relations were observed in logn HDL-C and logn BMI (r=-0.425; p<0.001) and logn TG and logn WC (r=-0.365; p<0.001). This study has shown greater proportion of decreased levels of TG in obese adolescents comparing to the non-obese. It was observed moderate inverse associations of HDL-C to the global and central adiposity.

Author Biographies

Neiva Leite, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Médica do Esporte e Professora de Educação Física. Mestre em Reabilitação/UNIFESP. Doutora em Saúde da criança e do adolescente/UFPR. Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Educação Física da Universidade Federal do Paraná/UFPR. Coordenadora do Programa de Mestrado em Educação Física/UFPR.

Fabrício Cieslak, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Mestrando em Educação Física/UFPR

Gerusa Eisfeld Milano, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Mestre em Educação Física/UFPR

Suelen Meira Góes, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Mestranda em Educação Física/UFPR

Maria de Fátima Aguiar Lopes, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Mestranda em Educação Física/UFPR

Paulo César Barauce Bento, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutorando e Docente/UFPR

Rosana Bento Radominski, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Doutora e Docente/UFPR

Published

2009-01-01

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