Hipertensão arterial e sua associação com índices antropométricos em adultos de uma cidade de pequeno porte do interior do Brasil
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2009
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Objective . 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.
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Hipertensão, Índice de massa corporal, Circunferência abdominal, Sobrepeso, Obesidade, Hypertension, Body mass index, Abdominal circumference, Overweight, Obesity
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MIQUETIMCHUC, 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.