ABSTRACT: Objective: To analyze the spatial distribution of the prevalence of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) in a Brazilian urban area and its association with the characteristics of the physical and social environments. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted with data from the Surveillance System for Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases from the years 2008–2010, in Belo Horizonte, state ...
ABSTRACT: Objective: To analyze the contextual factors associated with type II diabetes mellitus in Belo Horizonte City. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 5,779 adults living in Belo Horizonte City, participating in the Risk and Protection Factors Surveillance System for Chronic Diseases through Telephone Survey (Vigitel), in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Multilevel regression models were used to test the association...
Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of multimorbidity arising from chronic noncommunicable diseases among older residents of the northeast of Brazil and to analyze its association with sociodemographic, behavioral and anthropometric factors. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 3,141 older participants of the National Health Survey (2013). The dependent variable was multimorbidity, an...
Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of concurrency of risk factors for Noncommunicable Diseases and non-random aggregation of these in Brazilian school adolescents. Method: Descriptive study, with data from the National School Health Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar), 2015. The prevalence of concurrent risk factors was estimated: smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity and low consumpt...
Abstract Objective: To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) and associated factors in 348 elderly residents of Campina Grande, Paraíba. Method: A household survey and clinical/laboratory assessment was conducted. The diagnosis of MS was based on the criteria of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Expert Panel on the Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Chol...
O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a adequação das técnicas de aferição e os pontos de corte dos indicadores antropométricos de obesidade abdominal adotados no Brasil, e sintetizar os resultados observados. Trata-se de uma revisão da literatura publicada entre 1990 a 2010 e indexada nas bases de dados Medline, Lilacs e SciELO. Os critérios de inclusão dos artigos foram: artigos originais com resumos disponíveis...
OBJETIVO: Verificar a correlação entre os indicadores antropométricos de obesidade abdominal e lipídeos séricos em idosos. MÉTODOS: Estudo transversal, descritivo e analítico realizado com idosos, de ambos os sexos, cadastrados na Estratégia Saúde da Família de Campina Grande, PB. A obesidade abdominal foi verificada por meio da circunferência da cintura (CC), circunferência do abdome (CA) e razão cintura/quadr...