Prevalence of anthropometric and cardiovascular risk factors among Bulgarian university students
| Autor: | Mladenova Silviya |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Serbian |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Glasnik Antropološkog Društva Srbije, Vol 2019, Iss 54, Pp 1-14 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1820-7936 1820-8827 |
| Popis: | The aim of this paper is to investigate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and their conection with health risk anthropometrical factors among Bulgarian university students, the main in the South Bulgaria. The sample population of the study included total 386 young people, of which 303 females and 83 males, between 18-30 years of age i.e. the mean age is 21.3-21.4 years. They were from different regions of Bulgaria, mainly from Southern Bulgaria.The study was conducted transversally in the period between 2015 and 2017. For each person the weight, height, waist circumference and blood pressure were measured. On this base the body mass index and waist to height ratio were calculated by formulas. Underweight was defined as BMI< 18.5 kg/m2, overweight as BMI 25-29.9 kg/m2 and obesity as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was used for evaluation of central (abdominal) obesity, that was defined as WHtR ≥ 0.5. The prehypertension was defined when SBP > 120 80 |
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