Agregação de fatores de risco para doenças cardiometabólicas entre adolescentes de baixa renda do sexo feminino

Abstract

Objectives: To assess the prevalence and clustering pattern of risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases among low-income female adolescents. Methods: A crosssectional study involving 196 students of public schools (11-19 years). The following risk factors were considered for analysis: weight excess, central obesity, dyslipidemia, high blood pressure, and high fasting glucose. The ratio between observed and expected prevalence and its confidence interval were used to identify combinations of risk factors that exceed the expected prevalence in the population. Results: The most prevalent risk factors were dyslipidemia (70.9%), and central obesity (39.8%), followed by weight excess (29.6%), and high blood pressure (12.8%). A total of 42.9% of adolescents had two or more risk factors and 24% three or more. Weight excess, central obesity, and dyslipidemia were common risk factors among the clustering patterns that had observed prevalence higher than expected. Conclusions: The clustering of risk factors (≥ two factors) among the adolescents had a considerable prevalence, as well as a not casual coexistence of weight excess, central obesity, and dyslipidemia (mainly low HDL-cholesterol).