Prevalence of overweight and obesity in elderly people from Vitoria-ES, Brazil
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO |
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14/10/2013
14/10/2013
2012
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Resumo |
The scope of this study was to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity and its association with socio-economic status in a sample of non-institutionalized elderly people from Vitoria-ES, Brazil. This was a cross-sectional survey with a sample of 882 elderly people aged 60 and over. Obesity and overweight were assessed using the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). All subjects answered a personal and socio-demographic questionnaire in relation to age, gender, marital status, physical activity, number of children, chronic diseases and smoking. Associations between categorical variables were tested using chi-square analysis with a 5% significance level. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was high (41.8% and 23.4%, respectively) and 50.7% of the elderly had a substantially increased waist circumference. About 4.3% of the individuals had diabetes, 50.4% had hypertension and 14.9% were found to have both diseases. It was observed that both the BMI and WC were significant associated (p<0.05) with sex, marital status, the presence of diseases and with cigarette smoking. |
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CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA, RIO DE JANEIRO, v. 17, n. 3, supl., Part 1-2, pp. 749-756, MAR, 2012 1413-8123 http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/34539 10.1590/S1413-81232012000300022 |
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eng |
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ABRASCO RIO DE JANEIRO |
Relação |
CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA |
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openAccess Copyright ABRASCO |
Palavras-Chave | #NUTRITIONAL STATUS #ELDERLY PEOPLE #OBESITY #OVERWEIGHT #WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE #ABDOMINAL OBESITY #HEALTH SURVEY #OLDER-ADULTS #TRENDS #HYPERTENSION #POPULATION #NETHERLANDS #ASSOCIATION #WOMEN #PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH |
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