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- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoAsociación entre obesidad y baja capacidad muscular y función cardiorrespiratoria, factores de riesgo cardiometabólico en niños colombianos(2013) Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio; Gómez Arbeláez, Diego; Cohen, Daniel Dylan; Camacho López, Paul Anthony; Rincón Romero, Katherine; Hormiga, Claudia; Rey, Juan José; Trejos Suárez, Juanita; Velandia Carrillo, C.; Cure Ramírez, P.; Hubal, M.; Hoffman, E.Objetivo: Examinar la asociación entre capacidad cardiorespiratoria y muscular y la presencia de obesidad y otros factores de riesgo cardiovascular y metabólico en escolares. Material y método: Estudio de corte transversal, realizado en 336 niños y niñas escolarizados en los grados 5º y 6º de colegios públicos de Bucaramanga, Colombia. Resultados: Se encontraron correlaciones inversas significativas entre índice de masa corporal (IMC) y fuerza de empuñadura ajustada por peso (-0.532) (P<0.001), salto largo (-0.248) (P<0.001) y la prueba de Yo-Yo (-0.321) (P<0.001). La fuerza de empuñadura máxima se correlacionó de forma inversa con la presión arterial sistólica (PAS) (-0.115) (p<0.05). Conclusión: La obesidad evaluada por el IMC y el porcentaje de grasa corporal se relacionan inversamente con la aptitud muscular y cardiorrespiratoria en escolares.
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoFitness Testing for Children : Let’s Mount the Zebra!(2015) Cohen, Daniel Dylan; Voss, Christine; Sandercock, Gavin R.H.
- PublicaciónRestringidoHigher household income and the availability of electronic devices and transport at home are associated with higher waist circumference in Colombian children : The ACFIES study(2014-02) Gómez Arbeláez, Diego; Camacho López, Paul Anthony; Cohen, Daniel Dylan; Rincón Romero, Katherine; Alvarado Jurado, Laura; Pinzón, Sandra; Duperly, John; Lopez-Jaramillo, PatricioBackground: The current “epidemic” of childhood obesity is described as being driven by modern lifestyles with associated socioeconomic and environmental changes that modify dietary habits, discourage physical activity and encourage sedentary behaviors. Objective: To evaluate the association between household income and the availability of electronic devices and transport at home, and the values of waist circumference (WC), as an indicator of abdominal obesity, in children and adolescents from Bucaramanga, Colombia. Methods: Cross-sectional study of public elementary and high school population, of low-middle socioeconomic status. Results: A total of 668 schoolchildren were recruited. After adjusting for potential confounders, significant positive associations between waist circumference and higher household income (p = 0.011), and waist circumference and the availability of electronic devices and transport at home (p = 0.026) were found. Conclusions: In low-middle socioeconomic status schoolchildren in a developing country, those from relatively more affluent families had greater waist circumference, an association that is opposite to that observed in developed countries. This finding could be related to higher income family’s ability to purchase electronic devices and motorized transport which discourage physical activity and for their children to buy desirable and more costly western fast food.
- PublicaciónAcceso abiertoNeck circumference as a predictor of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and low-grade systemic inflammation in children : The ACFIES study(2016-03-08) Gómez Arbeláez, Diego; Camacho López, Paul Anthony; Cohen, Daniel Dylan; Saavedra Cortes, Sandra; López López, Cristina; Lopez-Jaramillo, PatricioBackground: The current study aims to evaluate the association between neck circumference (NC) and several cardio-metabolic risk factors, to compare it with well-established anthropometric indices, and to determine the cut-off point value of NC for predicting children at increased risk of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and low-grade systemic inflammation. Methods: A total of 669 school children, aged 8–14, were recruited. Demographic, clinical, anthropometric and biochemical data from all patients were collected. Correlations between cardio-metabolic risk factors and NC and other anthropometric variables were evaluated using the Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Multiple linear regression analysis was applied to further examine these associations. We then determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses the optimal cut-off for NC for identifying children with elevated cardio-metabolic risk. Results: NC was positively associated with fasting plasma glucose and triglycerides (p = 0.001 for all), and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, C-reactive protein, insulin and HOMA-IR (p < 0.001 for all), and negatively with HDL-C (p = 0.001). Whereas, other anthropometric indices were associated with fewer risk factors. Conclusions: NC could be used as clinically relevant and easy to implement indicator of cardio-metabolic risk in children.