Short stature, obesity and arterial hypertension in a very low income population in North-eastern Brazil
| dc.contributor.author | Florencio, T. T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ferreira, H. S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cavalcante, J. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sawaya, A. L. | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Fed Univ Alagoas | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-24T12:34:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-24T12:34:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2004-02-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background and Aim: This cross-sectional study involved the adult population (age >18 and <60 years) of a 315-shack slum on the outskirts of the city of Maceio in North-eastern Brazil. the purpose was to investigate whether short stature in adults (an indicator of undernutrition in early life) is associated with arterial hypertension and obesity.Methods and Results: We collected the subjects socio-economic data, and arterial hypertension (AH), weight, height, waist circumference and waist/hip (W/H) circumference ratio measurements. Hypertension was diagnosed as diastolic AH f 90 mmHg and/or systolic AH f 140 mmHg. the body mass index (BMI) was used to determine nutritional status, with overweight/obesity being defined on the basis of a cut-off point of 25 kg/m(2). A W/H ratio off 0.80 for women or f 0.95 for men was considered indicative of abdominal obesity. Short stature was defined as falling into the 1(st) quartile (Q) of height distribution. Hypertension was prevalent in 28.5% of the population (women=38.5%; men=18.4%). the systolic and diastolic AH readings were significantly higher in women in the 1(st) Q than in those in the 4(th) Q, and the same was true of W/H. the prevalence of hypertension was statistically significant for the first two Q's in comparison with the last two: 22.1% vs 14.6% (men), and 42.4% vs 34.6% (women). Hypertension was more prevalent in women who were obese and short (50%) than in those who were obese but not short (OR=1.98; CI=1.22-2.96).Conclusions: Living conditions were extremely precarious and the prevalence of hypertension was quite high. Stature negatively correlated with hypertension and overweight in women but not in men. | en |
| dc.description.affiliation | Fed Univ Alagoas, Dept Nutr, Maceio, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliation | Fed Univ Alagoas, Dept Social Med, Maceio, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliation | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Physiol, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Physiol, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
| dc.format.extent | 26-33 | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0939-4753(04)80044-9 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. Milan: Medikal Press S R L, v. 14, n. 1, p. 26-33, 2004. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S0939-4753(04)80044-9 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0939-4753 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/27615 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000220137600005 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Medikal Press S R L | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
| dc.subject | short stature | en |
| dc.subject | obesity | en |
| dc.subject | hypertension | en |
| dc.subject | programming | en |
| dc.subject | socioeconomic status | en |
| dc.title | Short stature, obesity and arterial hypertension in a very low income population in North-eastern Brazil | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |