Does socioeconomic status mediate the association between adiposity and musculoskeletal fi

1,531 school children aged 6-17 from public schools in Cascavel, Brazil, participated in this cross-sectional epidemiological study. The research by Giseli Minatto found high body adiposity in 30.4% of the sample, with a greater prevalence among those of high socioeconomic status (33.3% vs 28.3%). It collected data on skinfold thickness, socioeconomic status, sexual maturation, and performance in physical tests like sit and reach, sit-ups, long jump, and shuttle run.

Use Cases

• Modeling the association between body adiposity and abdominal resistance based on skinfold thickness and sit-up test results
• Analyzing the relationship between socioeconomic status and lower limb power based on stationary long jump performance
• Investigating potential mediating effects of socioeconomic status on the adiposity-fitness link using the collected demographic and test variables

Strengths

• Sample includes 1,531 male children and adolescents, providing a substantial cohort for analysis
• Study design is explicitly described as a cross-sectional epidemiological study with specific statistical methods (Poisson regression)
• Data includes multiple physical fitness measures (abdominal resistance, lower limb power) linked to socioeconomic strata

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to a single city in Brazil

Provenance

Source

Giseli Minatto

Collection Method

Cross-sectional epidemiological study carried out in public schools

Geography

Cascavel, state of Paraná, Brazil