Waist circumference of adolescents in Peru

Authors

  • Jaime Pajuelo Ramírez Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • José Sánchez Abanto Centro Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición (CENAN), Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú
  • Doris Álvarez Dongo Centro Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición (CENAN), Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú
  • Carolina Tarqui Mamani Centro Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición (CENAN), Instituto Nacional de Salud, Perú
  • Alcibiades Bustamente Valdivia Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v77i2.11814

Keywords:

Adolescents, Waist Circumference, Cardiovascular Risk.

Abstract

Introduction. Waist circumference is an important anthropometric measure in the study of obesity, but there is no reference from a national population. Objective. To present a smoothed reference percentile and to show some characteristics of variables studied. Design. Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study. Participants. Teenagers. Interventions. Waist circumference was measured in 8 236 adolescents aged 14 to 19 years old. Main outcome measures. Averages, standard deviation and prevalence of cardiovascular risk. Results. A national reference of waist circumference values is presented and the value corresponding to the 90 percentile is taken as cutoff level to identify adolescents with cardiovascular risk. Of the population studied, 12% were at risk. Those presenting higher risk were the male adolescents (12.1%), those living in urban areas (15.9%), in the Southern Coast (27.1%), in Metropolitan Lima (19.9%), and in cities below 1 000 m (15.4%); obese adolescents (94.8%) and those considered non-poor (14.7%). With the exception of gender, other variables presented statistically significant association with waist circumference. Conclusions. The cardiovascular risk appeared already present at an early age, making it necessary to take appropriate management measures.

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Published

2016-06-24

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Vol. 77 No. 2 (2016)

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Artículo Original

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Copyright (c) 2016 Jaime Pajuelo Ramírez, José Sánchez Abanto, Doris Álvarez Dongo, Carolina Tarqui Mamani, Alcibiades Bustamente Valdivia

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Pajuelo Ramírez J, Sánchez Abanto J, Álvarez Dongo D, Tarqui Mamani C, Bustamente Valdivia A. Waist circumference of adolescents in Peru. An Fac med [Internet]. 2016 Jun. 24 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];77(2):111-6. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/11814