Fatores de risco para doenças crônicas não transmissíveis em estudantes de educação física ingressantes e formandos

Translated title of the contribution: Risk factors for non-communicable chronic diseases in freshman and senior Physical Education Students

Airton José Rombaldi, Marcelo Cozzensa Da Silva, Samuel Carvalho Dumith, Virgílio Ramires Viana, Pedro Curi Hallal

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Abstract

The study aimed to describe risk factors for chronic diseases (CD) in freshman and senior Physical Education students. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 54 students (34 freshman and 20 senior) undergraduate course of Physical Education at the Federal University of Pelotas. We collected anthropometric, biochemical, and functional variables. Senior students had lower waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, resting systolic blood pressure and blood glucose, and higher LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol/HDL ratio as compared to freshman. We conclude that the four years in the undergraduate course of Physical Education did not result in increased risk for CD.

Translated title of the contributionRisk factors for non-communicable chronic diseases in freshman and senior Physical Education Students
Original languagePortuguese
Pages (from-to)13-27
Number of pages15
JournalRevista Brasileira de Ciencias do Esporte
Volume36
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cross-sectional study
  • Higher education institutions
  • Risk factors
  • Students

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health(social science)
  • Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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