[Association of various measurements of obesity and the prevalence of hypertension]. / Associação entre diferentes indicadores de obesidade e prevalência de hipertensão arterial.
Arq Bras Cardiol
; 70(2): 111-4, 1998 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-9659718
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 > or = 160 mmHg or diastolic > or = 90 mmHg, and were considered obese if they had BMI > or = 27 kg/m2, or had a waist-hip-ratio > or = 0.95 cm (men) or 0.80 (women) or had a waist circumference > or = 96 (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 > or = 27.0 kg/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.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Constituição Corporal
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Índice de Massa Corporal
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Hipertensão
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Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Arq Bras Cardiol
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil