摘要：Araújo AL, Melo RJAF, Silva FF, Souza RA, Minatto G, Pelegrini A, Ramallo BT, Mostarda C, Carvalho WRG. Association Between High Adiposity and Sociodemographic Factors in Adolescents. JEPonline 2013;16(5):99-106. The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between adiposity and sociodemographic factors such as gender, age, socioeconomic status, and area of residence in adolescents 11 to 16 yrs of age living in a Brazilian city of the medium human development index (IDH index). Anthropometric variables that were measured included body mass, height, sum of skinfold thickness of the triceps and subscapular (Σ2DC) to calculate the percentage of body fat (%BF). The Mann-Whitney U Test, chisquare test, and binary logistic regression were used to evaluate the data. Statistical significance was set at P.
