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Revista Cubana de Pediatría
versión On-line ISSN 1561-3119
Resumen
VEGA FALCON, Vladimir; VILLACRES GAVILANES, Silvia Carolina y SANCHEZ MARTINEZ, Belkis. Relationship between body mass index and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity in children. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2020, vol.92, n.2 Epub 15-Abr-2020. ISSN 1561-3119.
Introduction:
The body mass index is an indicator of body density, determined by the relationship between body weight and height. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a syndrome with three symptoms: inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity.
Objective:
To analyze the relationship between the body mass index and the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in students.
Methods:
Observational, cross-sectional, bivariate and ambispective analytical research, carried out in a population of 111 girls and 125 boys, from 10 to 12 years of the Hispanic American Education Unit of the city of Ambato, Ecuador, in the period September 2017 - February 2018. Processing data in Microsoft Excel for body mass index and for the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and with Minitab® 18.1 software for the calculation of coefficients of Pearson and Spearman correlation, as well as the normality tests and analysis of outliers with the Grubbs test.
Results:
The average for body mass index was 20.15 in boys and 20.63 in girls, considered normal. Normal results were obtained in the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in 93.7% of girls and 90.4% of boys, there being a slight predisposition for this disorder. The correlation between both variables was slightly positive: girls 0.202 and boys 0.457.
Conclusions:
Both, body mass index and the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have normal parameters in girls and boys, with a weak positive correlation between them. It was proposed to establish educational strategies for the reduction of obesity and child malnutrition.
Palabras clave : body mass index; attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity; statistics nonparametric; child.