Análise do perfil lipídico em escolares

Abstract

SummaryBackground: According to the World Health Organization, coronary atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death worldwide. The INTERHEART study demonstrated that dyslipidemia is one of the most important independent risk factors for AMI.

Perfil lipídico em escolares de Recife - PE

“…On the other hand, our findings are in accordance with those by Scherr et al 7 , who found a lower magnitude of hypercholesterolemia among schoolchildren from public/ philanthropic schools (14%).…”

“…This might be explained by the fact that in Brazil, more overweight or obese children are still found in the upper socioeconomic classes, who mostly attend private schools 6 . When we compared the findings of the present study with those observed among students from public schools only, we obtained higher TG and lower HDL-c levels, whereas the TC and LDL-c levels were similar 7,26 .…”

“…Although the studies on the influence of the socioeconomic level on the lipid profile are not consensual, studies carried out in Brazil show lower means of TC, TG and LDL in the group from the lowest socioeconomic class 6,7,26 . Scherr et al 7 and Giuliano et al 6 compared the lipid profile of students from the public vs. private schools and observed, respectively, higher mean levels of TC and LDL-c and TC and TG among students from private schools. This might be explained by the fact that in Brazil, more overweight or obese children are still found in the upper socioeconomic classes, who mostly attend private schools 6 .…”

“…Updated publications in our country indicate an increase in the occurrence of dyslipidemia in children and adolescents [5][6][7] . The prevalence in this age group varies worldwide between 2.9% and 33%, with a progressive increase along the years 8,9 .…”

Estado nutricional e perfil lipídico de crianças

“…Ferreira, Oliveira e França (2007), estudando crianças brasileiras obesas de 7 a 10 anos observaram valores de HDL-c de 51,3 ± 7,1 mg/dL. Outras investigações também encontraram níveis de HDL-c próximos aos encontrados neste estudo: 49 ± 12 mg/dL (MOURA et al, 2000); 50 mg/dL para o percentil 50 (SEKI et al, 2003); 49,2 ± 9,1 mg/dL (Grillo et al, 2005) e 47 ± 10,2 mg/dL para alunos de escolas públicas e 52,6 ± 12 mg/dL para os de escolas particulares (SCHERR; MAGALHÃES; MALHEIROS, 2007).…”