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Associação entre circunferência abdominal e hipertensão arterial em mulheres: Estudo Pró-Saúde

2008; Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Volume: 24; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0102-311x2008000500029

ISSN

1678-4464

Autores

Maria Helena Hasselmann, Eduardo Faerstein, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Dóra Chor, Cláudia S. Lopes,

Tópico(s)

Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Resumo

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of hypertension according to levels of abdominal circumference (AC) and body mass index (BMI, expressed as kg/m(2)) among public employees at a university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cross-sectional data were obtained for 1,743 non-pregnant women aged 24-69 years participating in the Pró-Saúde Study. Underweight women and those with BMI > 35 kg/m(2) were excluded. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure >140 mmHg or diastolic > 90 mmHg or the use of anti-hypertensive drugs. Age-adjusted prevalence rates for hypertension were calculated considering two strata of AC (normal: < 88 cm; high: > 88 cm) and three levels of BMI (normal: 18.5-24.9 kg/m(2); overweight: 25.0-29.9 kg/m(2); and obesity I: 30.0-34.9 kg/m(2)). Among normal-weight women, participants with high AC showed a two-fold higher prevalence of hypertension as compared to those with AC < 88 cm (18% vs. 8%, p < 0.05). Routine measurement of AC, in addition to BMI, could contribute to early identification of hypertension in women.

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