Cardiovascular risk factors in adolescents: a study with high school students

• Autor(a) principal: Aguiar,Jaina Bezerra de
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Silveira,Marcos Augusto Araújo, Soares,Edson Silva, Loureiro,Adriano César Carneiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-107X2017000600002
• topic: cardiovascular diseases; school health; physical education and training

The purpose of the study was to investigate cardiovascular risk factors (CRF) found in adolescents from a public school in Fortaleza / Ceará / Brazil. The sample consisted of 180 students from the State High School Justiniano de Serpa, which is covered by sub-project of the course of Physical Education of the Institutional Program Initiation Grant for Teaching from the State University of Ceará. For data collection, it was used a questionnaire which included objective questions related to gender, age, alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity level, and family history. Besides that, a physical evaluation was conducted in which it was collected height, weight, and waist circumference. For data analysis, it was used the absolute and relative frequency to characterize the participants as well as chi-square test for the variables gender and level of physical activity. Results showed the percentage of overweight and obesity was 22.2% and 12.2%, respectively. Furthermore, 16.7% of adolescents had abdominal obesity, 6% reported alcohol consumption, and 1% smoking. In family history, highlighted the presence of diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol levels, which together amounted to 65.4%. The results also showed 79.4% of adolescents had insufficient levels of physical activity. It is concluded that the main CRF found were family history, physical activity, and overweight.