LIFESTYLE AFFECTS ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES AND ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE IN YOUNG ADULTS

• Autor(a) principal: Numata Filho, Eduardo Seiji
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Teixeira-Araujo, Alfredo Anderson, Cruz, Loumaíra Carvalho da, Araujo, Flavio de Souza, Moreira, Sérgio Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/4934
• topic: Waist Circumference; Lifestyle; Body Mass Index; Arterial Blood Pressure; Waist Circumference; Lifestyle; Body Mass Index; Arterial Blood Pressure; Circunferência da Cintura; Estilo de vida; Índice de Massa Corporal; Pressão arterial.; Circunferência da Cintura; Estilo de vida; Índice de Massa Corporal; Pressão arterial.

Body composition and arterial blood pressure (AP) are affected by lifestyle (LS). Current research investigates the influence of LS on the anthropometric variables and AP in young adults who frequent a recreation park. One hundred and four subjects of both genders, 31±8 years old, answered the questionnaire “Fantastic Lifestyle” and their blood pressure (AP), waist circumference (HC), body mass and height for Body Mass Index (BMI) were taken. The sample was divided by gender and stratified in “Low LS” (LLS; 0-69 scores) and “High LS” (HLS; 70-100 scores). Differences occurred when LLS vs HLS were compared for body mass (General: 74±16 vs. 67±13 kg; Male: 84±17 vs. 74±13 kg; Female: 66±10 vs. 61±8 kg; p