Body mass index, waist circumference, and arterial hypertension in students/Índice de massa corporal, circunferência da cintura e hipertensão arterial em estudantes/Índice de masa corporal, circunferencia de la cintura y hipertensión arterial en estudiantes

Body mass index, waist circumference, and arterial hypertension in students/Índice de massa corporal, circunferência da cintura e hipertensão arterial em estudantes/Índice de masa corporal, circunferencia de la cintura y hipertensión arterial en estudiantes

This article aims to investigate what is the best anthropometric predictor of arterial hypertension among private school students. This was a cross-sectional study with 286 students between the ages of 10 and 14 from two private schools in the city of Paranavai, Parana, Brazil. The following variabl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista brasileira de enfermagem 2015-03, Vol.68 (2), p.190-190
Hauptverfasser: Guilherme, Flávio Ricardo, Molena-Fernandes, Carlos Alexandre, Guilherme, Vânia Renata, Fávero, Maria Teresa Martins, dos Reis, Eliane Josefa Barbosa, Rinaldi, Wilson
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Sprache:eng
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Body mass index
Obesity
Private schools
Students
Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:This article aims to investigate what is the best anthropometric predictor of arterial hypertension among private school students. This was a cross-sectional study with 286 students between the ages of 10 and 14 from two private schools in the city of Paranavai, Parana, Brazil. The following variables were analyzed: body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure. Statistical analysis was conducted with Pearson's partial correlation test and multivariate logistic regression, with p
ISSN:0034-7167
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