2019-09-242019-09-242009MIQUETIMCHUC, F.; BARROSO, W. K. S.; VITORINO, P. V. O.; JARDIM, P. C. B. V. Hipertensão arterial e sua associação com índices antropométricos em adultos de uma cidade de pequeno porte do interior do Brasil. Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, São Paulo, v. 55, n. 6, p. 547-552, 2009.0104-4230http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/handle/ri/18162Objective . Estimate the prevalence of Arterial Hyperten- sion (AH) and its association with Body Mass Index (BMI) and Abdominal Circumference (AC) in the adult population from the city of Firminópolis, in the state of Goiás, Brazil. M ethods . Descriptive, observational, cross sectional population-based study substantiated by a home survey of a simple random sample (≥18 years old). The study evaluated 1168 individuals. Standardized questionnaires. Measurements performed were Blood Pressure (BP) (hyper- tension: BP ≥ 140x90mmHg), weight,, height and AC. Microsoft Office Access and Epi-info, 3.3.2 version were used for data storage and analysis, respectively. R esults . There was a predominance of females (63.2%), mean age was 43.2 ±14.9 years old. Prevalence of hyper- tension was 32.7%, with tendency to be higher among the male population (35.8%) when compared to the female (30.9%) (p=0.084). Association between AH and BMI was positive (p<0.001), as well as between AC and age. Prevalence of overweight was 33.7% and obesity, 16.0%. Overweight was higher among the male population and obesity among the female population. Prevalence of incre- ased as well as greatly increased AC in 51.9% of the studied population, with 28.6% among males and 65.5% among females. Conclusion . A high prevalence of hypertension and a large number of individuals with BMI and AC above the ideal values were found.porAcesso AbertoHipertensãoÍndice de massa corporalCircunferência abdominalSobrepesoObesidadeHypertensionBody mass indexAbdominal circumferenceOverweightObesityArtigo10.1590/S0104-42302009000600017.