Composição corporal por bioimpedância de policiais da companhia de Choque do BPRONE da Polícia Militar do Piauí

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the body composition by the bioimpedance method of police officers from the Shock Company of the Battalion of Ostensive Rounds of Special Natures (BPRONE) of the Military Police of Piauí. This is a descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional field study, carried out in the city of Teresina-Pi from January to July 2014, with an initial sample of 31 and a final sample of 20 male police officers, aged between 20 and 39 years of the Cia de Choque of the BPRONE of the Military Police of Piauí. The mean age was 31.1 years; time working in the police was 7.2 years and time in the shock CIA 19 months; body weight and height were 81.54 kg and 1.75 meters. The percentage of fat was 27.74%; the liquid tissue (L%) presented an average of 50.78%. Muscle mass (MM%) obtained an average of 40.59% and bone mass (O%) with 3.07%. It is concluded that the police officers of the BPRONE shock CIA of the PM-PI have a fat percentage above the desired values. Liquid and muscle tissue are within the appropriate cut-off point. For bone tissue, no cut-off point was found due to the lack of published studies.