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Cohort study for monitoring cardiovascular risk factors in children using a primary health care service: methods and initial results

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: An awareness of the presence of cardiovascular disease risk factors since childhood is essential to guide health promotion policies. The aim of this paper is to present, together with the main results, a methodological proposal to estimate both incidence and prevalence of these factors over time and their associated socio-demographic aspects in a population attending a primary health care unit, within Brazilian Unified National Health System. An open cohort design was adopted, starting in 2004 with a sample of 356 children aged between 5 and 9. In the second wave, in 2008, 126 children were enrolled and 205 were reevaluated. Socioeconomic variables, food intake, physical activity, anthropometric measures (weight, height and waist size), lipidogram and glycemia were collected. Results indicate a high prevalence of dyslipidemia, and an increase of excess weight and sedentary activity between both surveys. Some 55% of children were found to have lower values of HDL-cholesterol. The methodological proposal was considered adequate for the monitoring of cardiovascular disease predictors in poor urban populations.

Source: Cadernos de Saúde Pública

DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011000300011

Authors: Sueli Rosa Gama, Marilia Sá Carvalho, Leticia de Oliveira Cardoso, Celia Regina Moutinho de Miranda Chaves, Elyne Montenegro Engstrom

Institution: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz

Language: English

Topic: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz