Pubertal Stage, Body Mass Index, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents in Bogotá, Colombia: The Cross-Sectional Fuprecol Study Ramírez-Vélez, Robinson García-Hermoso, Antonio Agostinis-Sobrinho, César Mota, Jorge Santos, Rute Correa-Bautista, Jorge Enrique Peña-Guzman, Carlos Andrés Domínguez-Sánchez, María Andrea Schmidt Río Valle, Jacqueline González Jiménez, Emilio Pubertal stage Body mass index Obesity Cardiometabolic risk Childhood Youth This study explored the association between pubertal stage and anthropometric and cardiometabolic risk factors in youth. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2877 Colombian children and adolescents (9–17.9 years of age). Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. A biochemical study was performed to determine the cardiometabolic risk index (CMRI). Blood pressure was evaluated and pubertal stage was assessed with the Tanner criteria. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses were performed. The most significant variable (p < 0.05) in the prognosis of cardiometabolic risk was found to be the BMI in both boys and girls. In the case of girls, the pubertal stage was also a CMRI predictive factor. In conclusion, BMI was an important indicator of cardiovascular risk in both sexes. Pubertal stage was associated with cardiovascular risk only in the girls. 2017-07-28T10:58:17Z 2017-07-28T10:58:17Z 2017-06-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Ramírez-Vélez, R.; et al. Pubertal Stage, Body Mass Index, and Cardiometabolic Risk in Children and Adolescents in Bogotá, Colombia: The Cross-Sectional Fuprecol Study. Nutrients, 9(7): 644 (2017). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/47296] 2072-6643 http://hdl.handle.net/10481/47296 10.3390/nu9070644 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License MDPI