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The number of obese children has increased with almost 100 % in a few decades. Deceases like insulin-resistance and type-2 diabetes often comes with overweight and worldwide research to prevent and cure these complications is constantly approaching. This study provides with greater knowledge of what correlations there are between anthropometric measurements, insulin resistance and respiratory quotient.For this study, data from 83 children and teenagers was included. The medical records from their first visit to the pediatric science unit at Uppsala University Hospital was used. To measure basal metabolic rate (BMR), indirect respiratory calorimetrics was used to measure the respiratory ratio at rest and fasting (RQ-BMR), and blood samples were collected to analyze fs-(fasting) insulin. The anthropometric measurements that were taken were waist, waist-height-ratio (WtHR), waist-hip ratio (WHR), waist-hip-height ratio (WHtR), waist circumference (AC), waist circumference-height ratio (ACHR), sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) and Sagittal abdominal diameter-height ratio (SADHR).Correlations between fs-insulin and WHtR, WCHR, SAD and SADHR was found for the whole group of participators in this study. The strongest correlation was to WHtR for boys and SAD for girls. The RQ-BMR correlated the best with SADHR and ACHR. No correlations between RQ-BMR were found specifically for boys or girls.

O Diâmetro Abdominal Sagital (DAS) é uma medida antropométrica relacionada com a gordura visceral e empregada para avaliar a obesidade abdominal, uma variável associada à síndrome metabólica. Sua utilização é indicada na prática clínica para avaliação de risco cardiometabólico em adolescentes obesos. OBJETIVO: Verificar a concordância entre o DAS e a circunferência abdominal (CA) na avaliação da obesidade central e sua associação com os critérios da Síndrome Metabólica e HOMA-IR em adolescentes obesos. CASUÍSTICA E MÉTODOS: Estudo de corte transversal constituído por 83 adolescentes obesos entre 14 e 18 anos, (46 do sexo feminino e 37 do sexo masculino) matriculados no Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, nos ambulatórios das Unidades de Endocrinologia Pediátrica e de Adolescentes. Foram submetidos a avaliações antropométricas (IMC, Escore Z do IMC, percentual de gordura corporal, circunferência abdominal, diâmetro abdominal sagital), laboratoriais (HDL-c, triglicérides (TG), glicemia (GLIS) e insulina para o cálculo do HOMA-IR) e de pressão arterial sistólica (PAS) e diastólica (PAD), utilizadas para classificação dos critérios da SM. RESULTADOS: Todos os adolescentes apresentaram valores elevados de IMC (36,9±6,7 kg/m2), Z-IMC (+3,27±0,94) e 91,6% da casuística tiveram valores alterados no percentual de gordura corporal (41,4% para o grupo feminino e 36% para o grupo masculino), confirmando a obesidade grave do grupo. Considerando o percentil >=90 do Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), no National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2011-2014), 85,5% dos adolescentes apresentaram valores elevados de CA (117,7 ± 14,7) e 89,2% valores alterados no DAS (26,9±3,7). Quanto às variáveis laboratoriais, 32,5% dos pacientes apresentaram diminuição de HDL-c e níveis aumentados de: TG (10,8%); GLIS (3,6%); PAS (32,5%,); PAD (21,7%) e HOMA-IR (79,5%), considerando toda a amostra. De acordo com os critérios utilizados pelo International Diabetes Federation, 27,7% da casuística apresentou SM. O DAS demonstrou estar significantemente correlacionado com as variáveis PAS (r=0,489 p < 0,001), PAD(r=0,277 p 0,011) e HOMA-IR (r=0,462 p < 0,001) nos grupos geral, feminino, masculino, com e sem SM. A correlação encontrada entre as medidas do DAS e CA no grupo geral e feminino foi de r = 0,91 (p 0,000) e, no grupo masculino, de r = 0,93 (p 0,000). A concordância entre a CA e o DAS é significante (Kappa k = 0.511; p < 0,001). Nos grupos geral, feminino e masculino com SM, a concordância é mais expressiva (Kappa k = 1,00; p < 0,001.). Esses resultados mostram que os adolescentes apresentavam risco cardiometabólico aumentado e expressiva obesidade central, identificada pelo DAS e CA, apesar de 73,5% deles estarem medicados. O DAS oferece vantagem metodológica na sua mensuração. CONCLUSÕES: Nas condições deste estudo, conclui-se que: as medidas antropométricas CA e DAS se equivalem para o grupo de adolescentes avaliados na classificação da SM; O DAS é preditor de PAS, PAD e HOMA-IR e forte indicador de risco cardiometabólico em adolescentes obesos / The sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) is an anthropometric measure related to visceral fat and used to evaluate abdominal obesity, a variable associated with the metabolic syndrome. Studies have suggested its employment in the clinical practice for estimating cardiometabolic risk of obese adolescents. OBJECTIVE: To verify the concordance between SAD and abdominal circumference in the assessment of central obesity and its association with the Metabolic Syndrome cluster and with HOMA-IR in obese adolescents. CASUISTICS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 83 obese adolescents between 14 and 18 years (46 females and 37males) with body mass index (BMI) of 36.9 ± 6.7 kg/m2, followed at the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit and at the Adolescent Unit of the Children\'s Institute, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo were submitted to anthropometric (BMI, BMI Z Score, body fat percentage, abdominal circumference, sagittal abdominal diameter), laboratory (HDL-c, triglycerides, glycemia and insulin for calculating HOMA-IR) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure assessments aimed for classification of metabolic syndrome. Previous consentment was given by all patients and their families. RESULTS: All adolescents presented elevated BMI and Z-BMI, and high body fat percentage was displayed by 91.6% of the patients (41.4% for the female group and 36% for the male group), confirming severe obesity. Considering the >= 90 percentile cut-off values as provided by the Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults: United States 2011-2014 for abdominal circumference and SAD, 85.5% of the patients presented high abdominal circumference values (117.7±14.7) and 89.2% presented elevated values of SAD (26.9±3.7). With regard to laboratory variables, 32.5% of the patients displayed decreased HDL-c and increased values of: triglycerides (10.8%); glycemia (3.6%); systolic blood pressure (32.5%); diastolic blood pressure (21.7%) and HOMA-IR (79.5%). According to the criteria of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), 27.7% of patients presented metabolic syndrome. SAD was significantly correlated with systolic (r=0.489 p < 0.001) and diastolic (r=0.277 p 0.011) blood pressures and HOMA-IR (r=0.462 p < 0.001) in the general, female and male groups, with and without metabolic syndrome. The correlation between SAD and abdominal circumference in the general and female groups was r = 0.91(p 0.000) and in the male group was r = 0.93 (p 0.000). The concordance between SAD and abdominal circumference was significant (Kappa coefficient k = 0.511; p < 0.001). In the general, male and female groups with metabolic syndrome, the concordance was more expressive (Kappa coefficient; k = 1.00 and p < 0.001). These results show that the adolescents presented increased cardiometabolic risk and significant central obesity identified by SAD and abdominal circumference although 73.5% of the studied patients were maintained under medication for clinical metabolic syndrome symptoms. SAD displayed methodological advantages concerning its measurement. CONCLUSIONS: Under the conditions of this study, it is concluded that: the anthropometric measurements of SAD and abdominal circumference are equivalent for metabolic syndrome classification of the studied adolescents; that SAD is a predictor of systolic and diastolic blood pressures and HOMA-IR and is a strong indicator of cardiometabolic risk in obese adolescents

O Diâmetro Abdominal Sagital (DAS) é uma medida antropométrica relacionada com a gordura visceral e empregada para avaliar a obesidade abdominal, uma variável associada à síndrome metabólica. Sua utilização é indicada na prática clínica para avaliação de risco cardiometabólico em adolescentes obesos. OBJETIVO: Verificar a concordância entre o DAS e a circunferência abdominal (CA) na avaliação da obesidade central e sua associação com os critérios da Síndrome Metabólica e HOMA-IR em adolescentes obesos. CASUÍSTICA E MÉTODOS: Estudo de corte transversal constituído por 83 adolescentes obesos entre 14 e 18 anos, (46 do sexo feminino e 37 do sexo masculino) matriculados no Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, nos ambulatórios das Unidades de Endocrinologia Pediátrica e de Adolescentes. Foram submetidos a avaliações antropométricas (IMC, Escore Z do IMC, percentual de gordura corporal, circunferência abdominal, diâmetro abdominal sagital), laboratoriais (HDL-c, triglicérides (TG), glicemia (GLIS) e insulina para o cálculo do HOMA-IR) e de pressão arterial sistólica (PAS) e diastólica (PAD), utilizadas para classificação dos critérios da SM. RESULTADOS: Todos os adolescentes apresentaram valores elevados de IMC (36,9±6,7 kg/m2), Z-IMC (+3,27±0,94) e 91,6% da casuística tiveram valores alterados no percentual de gordura corporal (41,4% para o grupo feminino e 36% para o grupo masculino), confirmando a obesidade grave do grupo. Considerando o percentil >=90 do Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), no National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES 2011-2014), 85,5% dos adolescentes apresentaram valores elevados de CA (117,7 ± 14,7) e 89,2% valores alterados no DAS (26,9±3,7). Quanto às variáveis laboratoriais, 32,5% dos pacientes apresentaram diminuição de HDL-c e níveis aumentados de: TG (10,8%); GLIS (3,6%); PAS (32,5%,); PAD (21,7%) e HOMA-IR (79,5%), considerando toda a amostra. De acordo com os critérios utilizados pelo International Diabetes Federation, 27,7% da casuística apresentou SM. O DAS demonstrou estar significantemente correlacionado com as variáveis PAS (r=0,489 p < 0,001), PAD(r=0,277 p 0,011) e HOMA-IR (r=0,462 p < 0,001) nos grupos geral, feminino, masculino, com e sem SM. A correlação encontrada entre as medidas do DAS e CA no grupo geral e feminino foi de r = 0,91 (p 0,000) e, no grupo masculino, de r = 0,93 (p 0,000). A concordância entre a CA e o DAS é significante (Kappa k = 0.511; p < 0,001). Nos grupos geral, feminino e masculino com SM, a concordância é mais expressiva (Kappa k = 1,00; p < 0,001.). Esses resultados mostram que os adolescentes apresentavam risco cardiometabólico aumentado e expressiva obesidade central, identificada pelo DAS e CA, apesar de 73,5% deles estarem medicados. O DAS oferece vantagem metodológica na sua mensuração. CONCLUSÕES: Nas condições deste estudo, conclui-se que: as medidas antropométricas CA e DAS se equivalem para o grupo de adolescentes avaliados na classificação da SM; O DAS é preditor de PAS, PAD e HOMA-IR e forte indicador de risco cardiometabólico em adolescentes obesos / The sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) is an anthropometric measure related to visceral fat and used to evaluate abdominal obesity, a variable associated with the metabolic syndrome. Studies have suggested its employment in the clinical practice for estimating cardiometabolic risk of obese adolescents. OBJECTIVE: To verify the concordance between SAD and abdominal circumference in the assessment of central obesity and its association with the Metabolic Syndrome cluster and with HOMA-IR in obese adolescents. CASUISTICS AND METHODS: In a cross-sectional study, 83 obese adolescents between 14 and 18 years (46 females and 37males) with body mass index (BMI) of 36.9 ± 6.7 kg/m2, followed at the Pediatric Endocrinology Unit and at the Adolescent Unit of the Children\'s Institute, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo were submitted to anthropometric (BMI, BMI Z Score, body fat percentage, abdominal circumference, sagittal abdominal diameter), laboratory (HDL-c, triglycerides, glycemia and insulin for calculating HOMA-IR) and systolic and diastolic blood pressure assessments aimed for classification of metabolic syndrome. Previous consentment was given by all patients and their families. RESULTS: All adolescents presented elevated BMI and Z-BMI, and high body fat percentage was displayed by 91.6% of the patients (41.4% for the female group and 36% for the male group), confirming severe obesity. Considering the >= 90 percentile cut-off values as provided by the Anthropometric Reference Data for Children and Adults: United States 2011-2014 for abdominal circumference and SAD, 85.5% of the patients presented high abdominal circumference values (117.7±14.7) and 89.2% presented elevated values of SAD (26.9±3.7). With regard to laboratory variables, 32.5% of the patients displayed decreased HDL-c and increased values of: triglycerides (10.8%); glycemia (3.6%); systolic blood pressure (32.5%); diastolic blood pressure (21.7%) and HOMA-IR (79.5%). According to the criteria of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), 27.7% of patients presented metabolic syndrome. SAD was significantly correlated with systolic (r=0.489 p < 0.001) and diastolic (r=0.277 p 0.011) blood pressures and HOMA-IR (r=0.462 p < 0.001) in the general, female and male groups, with and without metabolic syndrome. The correlation between SAD and abdominal circumference in the general and female groups was r = 0.91(p 0.000) and in the male group was r = 0.93 (p 0.000). The concordance between SAD and abdominal circumference was significant (Kappa coefficient k = 0.511; p < 0.001). In the general, male and female groups with metabolic syndrome, the concordance was more expressive (Kappa coefficient; k = 1.00 and p < 0.001). These results show that the adolescents presented increased cardiometabolic risk and significant central obesity identified by SAD and abdominal circumference although 73.5% of the studied patients were maintained under medication for clinical metabolic syndrome symptoms. SAD displayed methodological advantages concerning its measurement. CONCLUSIONS: Under the conditions of this study, it is concluded that: the anthropometric measurements of SAD and abdominal circumference are equivalent for metabolic syndrome classification of the studied adolescents; that SAD is a predictor of systolic and diastolic blood pressures and HOMA-IR and is a strong indicator of cardiometabolic risk in obese adolescents

Syfte och frågeställningar Syftet med den här studien har varit att undersöka och jämföra kvinnor och män i åldersgrupperna 30-39 år respektive 40-49 år avseende antropometriska mått samt prestation på GIH:s hälsotester. En vidare målsättning var att undersöka om det förekom några skillnader mellan två separata testtillfällen. Frågeställningarna har varit om resultaten på hälsotesterna skiljer sig mellan könen, åldersgrupperna samt mellan två separata testtillfällen. Metod Totalt fullföljde 41 deltagare GIH:s hälsotester, av dem var 20 kvinnor och 21 män mellan 30-49 år. Det enda som krävdes för att delta var att man uppfattade sig själv som frisk. Personer som tidigare haft stroke, hjärtinfarkt eller opererats på grund av hjärtproblem har inte inkluderats, ej heller gravida och personer med ledbesvär. Testerna utfördes på LTIV (Laboratoriet för tillämpad idrottsvetenskap) mellan februari och mars 2016. Resultat Signifikanta skillnader mellan de två separata testtillfällena noterades för några av styrketesterna framför allt hos männen: axelpressar, handgrip och stolresningar. Mellan könen sågs signifikanta skillnader i de antropometriska måtten, samt i flera konditions- och styrketester. Bland dessa kunde signifikant högre värden ses för kvinnorna än för männen i ryggstyrketestet.  Signifikanta skillnader mellan åldersgrupperna 30-39 år och 40-49 år sågs näst intill endast för kvinnor. De yngre jämfört med de äldre kvinnorna presterade bättre i flera av testerna, de vägde mindre och hade mindre kroppsmått. Slutsats Det framkom vanligtvis inte några signifikanta skillnader mellan det första och andra testtillfället, med enstaka undantag. När så är fallet behövs bara ett test utföras initialt inför en period med exempelvis fysisk aktivitet som senare kanske ska följas upp med ett återtest. Skillnader mellan könen och olika åldersgrupper framkom i vissa tester men inte i alla. Resultaten i denna studie beror bland annat på urvalet av individer. Eftersom att syftet med den här studien har varit att endast utföra de tester som ingår i GIH:s hälsotester har inga tester lagts till eller exkluderats. I arbetet diskuteras bland annat hur optimala testerna är som ett mått på hälsa. För att effektivisera hälsotestundersökningar framöver behöver nödvändigtvis inte alla tester utföras.