Objective: To evaluate the signs/symptoms of depression in university employees and to verify the relationship of these variables with quality of life and anthropometric and body composition variables. Methods: In total, 103 female employees of a university were evaluated, with a mean age between 36 and 40 years. Signs/symptoms of depression were assessed using the Beck inventory, quality of life (QoL) with the health status questionnaire (SF-36V2), and body composition with skinfolds. The anthropometric measures evaluated were weight, waist circumference (WC), and hip circumference (HC) and the body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) were calculated. Results: When evaluating women with/without signs and symptoms of depression, the groups with depression had higher BMI (∆=1.93kg/m², p=0.019) and WHR (∆=0.03, p=0.030). In the pairwise comparison, the group with severe signs/symptoms had mean scores below 50% for all QoL domains, except for functional capacity (∆=26.94, p=0.007). All QoL domains were inversely related to signs/symptoms of depression. Conclusion: Women with signs and symptoms of depression present a higher BMI, a WHR above predicted values, and worse QoL compared to those without depression.
A Síndrome Metabólica (SM) é caracteriza por um conjunto de morbidades que aumentam o risco para doenças cardiovasculares sendo assim a aptidão cardiorrespiratória (ACR) é considerada um fator protetor contra o desenvolvimento de fatores de risco para SM. Objetivo: avaliar a prevalência de SM e relacionar os componentes da SM com a ACR em mulheres. Métodos: estudo transversal, realizado com 45 mulheres (22 com SM e 23 sem SM) com idade entre 20 e 59 anos. Os componentes medidos foram circunferência de cintura (CC), glicemia, high density lipoprotein (HDL), triglicerídeos, pressão arterial sistêmica (PA). A ACR foi avaliada pelo protocolo adaptado de Bruce. Para a analise estatística foi utilizada a regressão linear múltipla, teste Qui-quadrado, t-student e Mann-Whitney. Resultados: apresentados mostraram que mulheres com SM apresentaram massa corporal elevados em comparação com as SM (Δ=19,8 kg, p< 0,001 e o IMC (Δ=9,1 kg/m2, p< 0,001). O grupo de mulheres com SM apresentaram valores significativamente mais elevados nas variáveis CC (Δ=23,5 cm, p<0,001), PA diastólica (Δ=11 mmHg, p< 0,001), glicemia (Δ=34,7 mg/dL, p=0,032) e triglicerídeos Δ=66,4 mg/dL p< 0,001). O VO2máx das mulheres livres de SM estava mais elevado (Δ=4,21 mL/kg/min, p< 0, 006), ou seja, elas apresentaram uma ACR melhor. Conclusão: Mulheres com SM apresentaram VO2máx reduzido, massa corporal, IMC elevados. CC e HDL mostraram ser preditores do VO2máx nestas mulheres.
Objective: To associate and compare the level of physical activity with cardiovascular health (CVH), quality of life, cardiorespiratory fitness, anthropometric variables and workload of active and sedentary women working in a university environment. Methods: Cross-sectional study, carried out with employees of a higher education institution. The sample was for convenience and 51 healthy adult women participated. Seven metrics were evaluated for CVH, using the international physical activity questionnaire and the Mediterranean diet questionnaire. Quality of life was assessed using the Short Form-36 instrument and cardiorespiratory fitness using the shuttle run test. The Student-t test and Mann-Whitney U test were used to analyze the data, and a multiple linear regression was performed with data adjusted for age and the climacteric period. Results: Active women had lower values for waist-hip ratio (WHR) (p=0.001) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (p<0.001), and higher results for maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) (p<0.001), CVH score (p<0.001), functional capacity (p=0.004), and general health (p=0.009). There was a direct relationship with the CVH score (p= 0.018) and VO2max (p= 0.012), and an inverse relationship for workload (p=0.013). Conclusion: The level of physical activity contributes to lower values of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (WHR and DBP) and higher values of VO2max, SCV scores and quality of life in active women.
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