Estado nutricional e fatores de risco cardiovascular em crianças e adolescentes filhos ou netos de coronariopatas jovens

• Ano de defesa: 2011
• Autor(a) principal: Kovacs, Cristiane [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Adolescent; Coronary artery disease; Nutritional status; Risk factors; Child; Genetic predisposition to disease; Adolescente; Coronariopatia; Estado nutricional; Fatores de risco; Criança; Predisposição genética para doença
• Link de acesso: http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9478

Background: Family history of early cardiovascular disease is a major cardiovascular risk factor in childhood and adolescence. Children and adolescents with positive family history that also often have other cardiovascular risk factors. Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status and its relationship with cardiovascular risk factors in children or young grandchildren of coronary artery disease. Methods: A cross-sectional study with 100 children and adolescents 5-17 years, children or grandchildren of young coronary patients. The variables studied were gender, age, weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, nutritional status, blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, dietary habits, physical activity, results of laboratory tests (glucose, total cholesterol and fractions, triglycerides). To examine the associations between the variables we used the Fisher exact test, with significance level of 5%. Results: The nutritional status, it was observed that 60% were normal and 40% were overweight. In the evaluation of laboratory tests, 29% had total cholesterol, LDL increased 8%, 45% low HDL and triglycerides increased 13%. In the group with overweight, the percentages were higher triglyceride levels (p = 0.005) and increased waist circumference (p <0.001), 22.5% had abnormal blood pressure and altered glucose 5%. Physical inactivity was present in 40% and 87% of them had excessive intake of atherogenic fat. Besides a family history of coronary disease, 30% of the population had more than two cardiovascular risk factors and 41% more than three. Conclusion: The association of cardiovascular risk factors among children and adolescents, children or grandchildren of young coronary patients, this study confirms the influence of family history and his contribution to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.