Sobrepeso e obesidade em escolares pré-púberes: associação com baixo peso ao nascer e antecedentes familiares para doença cardiovascular. Embu região metropolitana de São Paulo, 2006

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Abstract

O objetivo foi determinar a prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade em escolares e a associação com baixo peso ao nascer e antecedentes familiares para doença cardiovascular. Estudo transversal que utilizou amostra probabilística de 929 escolares com idades de 6 a 10 anos. Variáveis: Índice de Massa Corpórea (IMC), peso ao nascer e antecedentes familiares para doença cardiovascular. Análise estatística: teste qui-quadrado (Pearson) e odds ratio como medidas de associação. 14,4% e 13,3% dos escolares (54,6% do sexo feminino) apresentaram sobrepeso e obesidade, respectivamente. Baixo peso ao nascer foi referido em 9,4% das crianças e a presença de antecedentes familiares para doença cardiovascular em 35,2%. Sobrepeso ou obesidade (IMC maior ou igual a P85) associaram-se à presença de antecedentes familiares para doença cardiovascular (OR=1,66; IC95% 1,23-2,23) e ao sexo masculino (OR=1,37; IC 95% 1,02-1,83); não houve associação com o peso ao nascer. Os resultados indicam a necessidade de ações preventivas direcionadas às crianças com antecedentes familiares para doença cardiovascular.

Translated abstract

The aim was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren and the association with birth weight and family antecedents of cardiovascular disease. This cross-sectional study used a probabilistic sample of 929 schoolchildren aged 6 to 10 years. The variables were: body mass index (BMI), birth weight and family antecedents of cardiovascular disease. The statistical analysis consisted of the chi-square test (Pearson) and odds ratio, as association measurements. Of the schoolchildren (54.6% of which were female), 14.4% and 13.3% were overweight and obese, respectively. Low birth weight was reported among 9.4% and family antecedents of cardiovascular disease among 35.2%. Overweight or obesity (BMI e" P85) was associated with the presence of family antecedents of cardiovascular disease (OR = 1.66; 95% CI 1.23-2.23) and male sex (OR = 1.37; 95%CI 1.02-1.83); there was no association with birth weight. The results indicate the need for preventive actions for children with family antecedents of cardiovascular disease.

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The International Classification of Diseases has, under various names, been for many decades the essential tool for national and international comparability in public health. This statistical tool has been customarily revised every 10 years in order to keep up with the advances of medicine. At first intended primarily for the classification of causes of death, its scope has been progressively widening to include coding and tabulation of causes of morbidity as well as medical record indexing and retrieval. The ability to exchange comparable data from region to region and from country to country, to allow comparison from one population to another and to permit study of diseases over long periods, is one of the strengths of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death (ICD). WHO has been responsible for the organization, coordination and execution of activities related to ICD since 1948 (Sixth Revision of the ICD) and is now proceeding with the Tenth Revision. For the first time in its history the ICD will be based on an alphanumeric coding scheme and will have to function as a core classification from which a series of modules can be derived, each reaching a different degree of specificity and adapted to a particular specialty or type of user. It is proposed that the chapters on external causes of injury and poisoning, and factors influencing health status and contact with health services, which were supplementary classifications in ICD-9, should form an integral part of ICD-10. The title of ICD has been amended to "International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems"', but the abbreviation "ICD" will be retained.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)