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0276/2017 - Waist-to-height ratio and conicity index are associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in the elderly.
Relação cintura/estatura e índice de conicidade estão associados a fatores de risco cardiometabólico em idosos.

Author:

• Luana Cupertino Milagres - Milagres, Luana Cupertino - <luanamilagres@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3186-7577

Co-author(s):

• Karina Oliveira Martinho - Martinho, KO - <koliveira@yahoo.com.br>
• Diana Cupertino Milagres - Milagres, DC - <dianamilagres@yahoo.com.br>
• Fernanda Silva Franco - Franco, FS - <fernandafranco2006@yahoo.com.br>
• Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro - Ribeiro, A.Q - <andreia.ribeiro@ufv.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6546-1252
• Juliana Farias de Novaes - Novaes, J.F. - <jnovaes@ufv.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-5096

Thematic Area:

Saúde do Idoso

Abstract:

Methods of easy application without follow-up of the elderly that allow to know a magnitude of the risks of cardiometabolic risk are important to carry out the planning of interventions. The purpose of this study was to determine and compare a magnitude of the association between anthropometric indicators with risk of cardiometabolic risk in the elderly. This is a cross-sectional study with 402 elderly people attended by the Family Health Strategy in the city of Viçosa-MG. Risk factors for excess body fat, hypertension, blood glucose and serum lipid changes. An association between conicity index (CI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHR) with cardiometabolic risk factors was assessed by multiple linear regression analysis. Sample was composed of 60.4% of women and 36.3% of overweight elderly. The connectivity index and a waist-to-height ratio were higher in 57.2% and 88.1% in the elderly, respectively. The results showed that the increase in body fat, diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, glycemia and reduction of HDL-cholesterol are related to higher values of anthropometric indices evaluated. However, the waist-to-height ratio presented a greater magnitude of association with the cardiometabolic risk factors than the connectivity index.

Keywords:

elderly, anthropometry, waist-height ratio, risk factors

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Milagres, Luana Cupertino, Martinho, KO, Milagres, DC, Franco, FS, Ribeiro, A.Q, Novaes, J.F.. Waist-to-height ratio and conicity index are associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in the elderly.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2017/Jul). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/waisttoheight-ratio-and-conicity-index-are-associated-with-cardiometabolic-risk-factors-in-the-elderly/16328?id=16328&id=16328



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