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- Title
Prevalência de excesso de peso e fatores associados em uma região metropolitana do Nordeste brasileiro.
- Authors
Figueiredo Oliveira, Ariel; Araújo Júnior, Augusto César Santiago; Ferreira Cruz, Josilda; Ferreira Cruz, Mário Augusto; de Santana, Demetrius Silva; Freire Rezende, Karla; da Cunha Oliveira, Cristiane Costa; Oliveira Lima, Sônia
- Abstract
Objective: This article aimed to identify the clinical and socio-demographic profile of overweight adults evaluated through survey and anthropometric measurements in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. Methods: Descriptive transversal outline survey-type study in a quantitative analytical approach. The sample was composed of 690 individuals who randomly sought four reference centers in the municipality of Aracaju for abdominal ultrasonography. Anthropometric measurements were taken between July 2013 and July 2014. The following variables were analyzed: age, gender, income, schooling, comorbidities, waist girth and body mass index (BMI). The statistical program Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 22.0 was chosen, and significance level was p<0.05. Results: 494 women (71.6%) and 196 men (28.4%) were analyzed. The average age was 39.4 years, and 42.3 years for obese patients. Regarding BMI, 52.9% of patients presented normal BMI; 31.2% were overweight; 10.4% presented level 1 obesity; 4.5%, level 2; and 1.0%, level 3. The BMI was significantly higher among the hypertensive ones (p=0.001), with poor schooling (p=0.004), and those with higher income (p=0.003). Average waist circumference was 104.94 cm among the obese portion. Conclusion: The observed high prevalence of overweight in the studied adults is in accordance with the national epidemiologic tendency, which allows classifying the situation as a public health problem in the evaluated municipality.
- Publication
Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba, 2018, Vol 20, Issue 1, p38
- ISSN
1517-8242
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.23925/1984-4840.2018v20i1a9