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- Title
Relationship between sexual maturation and anthropometric and blood pressure indicators in teenagers.
- Authors
Soares dos Santos, Luís Eduardo; de Lima Claro, Maísa; de Sousa Carvalho, David; Rodrigues Oliveira, Edina Araújo; Vilarouca da Silva, Ana Roberta; Gomes Machado, Ana Larissa; Lisboa Conde, Wolney; de Oliveira Lima, Luisa Helena
- Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sexual maturation and anthropometric and blood pressure indicators in teenagers. This was a population-based cross-sectional study, conducted with 345 teenagers, aged 10 to 19 years, between 2018 and 2020. In this study, data referent to sociodemographic and anthropometric variables, blood pressure, and sexual maturation were collected. The data analysis was performed by applying the Principle Component Analysis (PCA), which generated three components and then tested the correlation between sexual maturation and the generated components. Most of the teenagers were female (53%), normotensive (66.1%), and with a normal weight (73%). A positive correlation was found between breast development and component 1 and component 2, as well as a negative correlation between the breasts and component 3. In the boys, the development of genitals and pubic hair was positively correlated with component 2 and inversely correlated with component 3. It could therefore be concluded that there is a relationship between sexual maturation and the anthropometric and blood pressure indicators, which proved to be representative variables for cardiovascular risk in teenagers, even if not in their entirety.
- Subjects
BLOOD pressure; TEENAGERS; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors; DATA analysis; GENITALIA; CROSS-sectional method; TEENAGE girls
- Publication
Revista Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 9, p3615
- ISSN
1413-8123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1413-81232022279.04622022EN