[Effects of soccer/football practice on cardiovascular risk factors among young adults from Kinshasa].

Objective: This study determined the effects of regular practice of Soccer/Football on some cardiovascular risk factors among young adults: anthropometry and components of blood pressure.

Material And Methods: This cross-sectional survey comprised a random sample of 100 young adults and regularly playing soccer/Football in Stadium of Martyrs and municipal areas of Matete and Lemba, Kinshasa city, DRC. Their weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, pulse pressure (> or =60 mmHg: preclinic atherosclerosis or arterial stiffness), mass index and respiratory frequency were compared with those of 100 inactive youngs randomly selected from Universities of Kinshasa and Simon Kimbangu, Kinshasa, DRC.