Evolução na antropometria e na composição corporal de mulheres fisicamente inativas maiores de quarenta anos de acordo com a idade cronológica

Abstract

ABSTRACT The senior population has been growing in the last decades amount which reduction in the levels of physical activity, comes accompanied of many chronic diseases, like the cardiovascular diseases and the diabetes, besides the increase of the corporal fat. The goal of the study present was to verify the evolution and the possible differences in anthropometry and in the women's corporeal physically inactive composition according to the chronological age after the 40 years. Moreover, it had the interest verifying the correlations between percentile of fat and BMI regarding the perimeter of the waist, perimeter of the hip and the waist-to-hip ratio. Ours results indicate than after 50 years old meaning increase in every variables, remain stable after it. When the groups were compared, the statistically significant differences were demonstrated in 40 to 49 years with all the rest groups at waist circunference, waist to hip ratio relation, and percentile of fat. Futhermore variables: weight, BMI, and hip circunference; exhibit meaning increased statistically significant difference was found among groups of 40 to 49 and 50 to 59 years. BMI had a strong correlation with the waist circunference, with the hip circunference and with the percentile of fat. The percentile of fat also introduced a strong correlation with the waist circunference and with hip circunference. Only the waist-to-hip ratio introduced correlations moderated so much with BMI, how much with percentile of fat.