Prevalence of dyslipidemia in children from 2 to 9 years old.

Revista brasileira de enfermagem
Josianne Alves de Freitas MaiaJosé Auricélio Bernardo Cândido

Abstract

Analyze the occurrence of dyslipidaemia and associated factors in children aged 2 to 9 years. Cross-sectional study, carried out with 700 children, in a region of Northeast Brazil. For comparison of means, Student's t test was used; and, for the comparison of medians, the Mann-Whitney test. A prevalence of dyslipidaemia of 68.4% was found. In isolation, the majority had a level of: total desirable cholesterol (386; 55.1%), undesirable lipoprotein cholesterol (376; 53.7%), low density lipoproteins - desirable cholesterol (514; 73.4%) and desirable triglyceride (509; 72.7%). In the final multivariate model, only the variable "preschool age" was significant (prevalence ratio = 1.14), indicating that these children are more likely to have dyslipidaemia than those of school age. An association was found between dyslipidaemia and preschool age. The need for programs and strategies to better understand this problem is indicated, in addition to preventing early coronary diseases.

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