aGraduate Program in Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre

bInstitute of Studies in Collective Health, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

cFaculty of Medical Sciences, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

dGraduate Program in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

eEndocrine Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre

fGraduate Program in Physical Education, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

Correspondence to Felipe V. Cureau, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Cardiologia e Ciências Cardiovasculares. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2400 – 2° andar. Porto Alegre, RS 90035–003, Brazil. Tel: +55 51 33085604; e-mail: [email protected]

Abbreviations: AAP, American Academy of Pediatrics; BP, blood pressure; ERICA, Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents; HbA1c, glycated haemoglobin; HDL-c, HDL cholesterol; HOMA-IR, Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance; LDL-c, low-density lipoprotein cholesteroLDL cholesterol; NIH/NHLBI, National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; PDA, personal digital assistant

Received 18 January, 2022

Revised 19 October, 2022

Accepted 14 November, 2022

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