| Journal: | Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000287680 |
| ISSN: | 0066-782X |
| Authors: | Gus, Miguel1 Moreira, Leila B Pimentel, Mauricio Gleisener, Ana Luiza M Moraes, Renan S Fuchs, Flavio D |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Season: | Feb |
| Volumen: | 70 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 111-114 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Portugués |
| Document type: | Estadística o encuesta |
| Approach: | Descriptivo |
| English abstract | PURPOSE: To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio and waist circumference with the prevalence of hypertension in a representative sample of 1088 adults of Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil. METHODS: In this cross-sectional survey, subjects were considered as having hypertension if they had systolic blood pressure ³160mmHg or diastolic³90mmHg, and were considered obese if they had BMI ³27kg/m2, or had a waist-hip-ratio ³0.95cm (men) or 0.80 (women) or had a waist circumference ³96 (men) or 92 (women). RESULTS: Obesity defined by the BMI was associated with hypertension in both genders (RR 1.9, CI 1.0 - 3.2 in men; RR 2.2, CI 1.3 - 3.8 in women). The other indices were significantly associated with hypertension just in women. CONCLUSION: BMI ³ 27.0kg/m2 was strongly associated with increased odds to have hypertension. Similar magnitude of the association with the other indices indicate their utility to estimate the risk of hypertension |
| Portuguese abstract | OBJETIVO: Determinar a associação entre índice de massa corporal (IMC), índice cintura-quadril e cintura com a prevalência de hipertensão arterial (HAS) em amostra representativa de 1088 adultos de Porto Alegre, Brasil. MÉTODOS: Foram considerados hipertensos indivíduos com pressão sistólica (PAS) ³160mmHg ou diastólica (PAD) ³95mmHg e definidos como obesos aqueles com IMC ³27kg/m2, ou com razão cintura/quadril ³0,95 (homens) e ³0,80 (mulheres) ou com cintura ³96cm (homens) e ³92cm (mulheres). RESULTADOS: A obesidade aferida pelo IMC associou-se com a prevalência de HAS em ambos sexos (RR 1,9, IC 1,0 - 3,2 masculino; RR 2,2, IC 1,3 - 3,8 feminino). Os outros índices associaram-se, significativamente, apenas nas mulheres. CONCLUSÃO: IMC ³27,0kg/m2 associou-se mais, consistentemente, com o risco de HAS. A magnitude similar das associações dos demais indicadores demonstram sua utilidade na avaliação do risco para hipertensão |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Metabolismo y nutrición, Sistema cardiovascular, Hipertensión arterial, Obesidad, Prevalencia, Indice de masa corporal |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Cardiovascular system, Metabolism and nutrition, Arterial hypertension, Obesity, Prevalence, Body mass index |
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