| Prevalence of overweight and obesity in elderly people from Vitória-ES, Brazil. | |
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PMID: 22450417 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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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 Vitória-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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Fabíola Bof de Andrade; Arnaldo de França Caldas Junior; Pedro Makumbundu Kitoko; Jose Edmilson Mazza Batista; Tania Bof de Andrade |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Ciência & saúde coletiva Volume: 17 ISSN: 1678-4561 ISO Abbreviation: Cien Saude Colet Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-03-27 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9713483 Medline TA: Cien Saude Colet Country: Brazil |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 749-56 Citation Subset: IM |
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Departamento de Epidemiologia, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 01246-904, fabiolabof@yahoo.com.br. |
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