RESUMO:O objetivo do presente estudo é verificar se medidas de Circunferência da Cintura (CC) se relacionam com valores de Pressão Arterial (PA) alterada, em adolescentes. A amostra foi composta por 93 indivíduos (47 masculino e 46 feminino), com idade média = 11,17 anos. Foi aferida a PA, assim como a medida de CC, peso e altura, e os alunos responderam um questionário de caracterização da amostra. A prevalência de CC alterada foi de 53,76%, e de hipertensos foi de 7,53%. O coeficiente de correlação de Pearson foi de r = 0,473 para PAS e CC, e r = 0,419 para PAD e CC, ambos com p = 0,021 (p < 0,05). Os achados demonstram uma correlação fraca (0 < r < 0,50), positiva e significativa (p < 0,05) entre PAS, PAD e CC, indicando que adolescentes que apresentaram PAS e PAD com valores acima dos valores de referência também apresentaram medidas de CC elevadas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Circunferência abdominal; Estudantes; Pressão arterial. RELATIONSHIP BET WEEN WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND ARTERIAL PRESSURE IN ADOLESCENTSABSTRACT: Current study verifies whether Waist Circumference ( WC) is related to altered Arterial Pressure (AP) in adolescents. Sample comprised 93 subjects (47 males and 46 females), average age 11.17 years. AP, WC, weight and height were measured. The students answered a questionnaire. Altered WC reached 53.76% of the adolescents and hypertension reached 7.53%. The coefficient of Pearson´s co-relation was r = 0.473 for AP and WC, and r = 0.419 for weight and WC, both with p= 0.021 (p<0.05). Results showed a weak (0 < r < 0.50), positive and significant (p<0.05) co-relationship entre AP, weight and WC, and revealed that adolescents with AP and weight above reference rates also had high WC rates.
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