The double burden of malnutrition predicting the cardiovascular health of South American children and adolescents: SAYCARE study

• Grant number: 18/02887-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: June 01, 2018
• End date: July 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Preventive Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Heraclito Barbosa de Carvalho
• Grantee: Elsie Costa de Oliveira Forkert
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project is part of multicenter South American Youth / child Cardiovascular and Environment Study (SAYCARE study). This is an observational feasibility study that will evaluate a sub-sample of 474 children and adolescents (3-17 years). The subjects were selected in public and private schools in five South American cities: Buenos Aires (Argentina), Lima (Peru), Medellín (Colombia), São Paulo and Teresina (Brazil). The main objective will be to evaluate the construct validity of the evaluation methods for diagnostic criteria of the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) among South American children and adolescents in predicting the ideal cardiovascular health. The significance criterion will be an ± of 5%. For the descriptive analysis in the presentation of categorical / continuous variables will be included proportion, mean, standard deviation and 95% confidence interval. Being stratified by sex, research center and socioeconomic variables. In order to test the construct validity of the different diagnostic criteria of DBM, predictive values of sensitivity and specificity, and positive and negative values will be calculated through the 2x2 contingency table. The diagnostic criteria for double burden of malnutrition will be estimated by the ROC (Receive Operator Characteristic) curve. Key words: double burden, malnutrition, diagnostic criteria, obesity, nutritional transition, pediatrics, multicenter study.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

FORKERTT, ELSIE C. O.; FERREIRA DE MORAES, AUGUSTO CESAR; CARYALHO, HERACLITO BARBOSA; MANIOS, YANNIS; WIDHALM, KURT; GONZALEZ-GROSS, MARCELA; GUTIERREZ, ANGEL; KAFATOS, ANTHONY; CENSI, LAURA; DE HENAUW, STEFAAN; et al. Skipping breakfast is associated with adiposity markers especially when sleep time is adequate in adolescents. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, APR 23 2019. (15/11406-3, 14/13367-2, 15/14319-4, 18/02887-6)