Factors associated with abdominal obesity and lipid alterations in low-income adults

To evaluate the prevalence of abdominal obesity, hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia and its associated factors in adults in a low income region. Cross-sectional, population-based study with probabilistic sample representative of a region of the Brazilian Northeast. Abdominal obesity was d...

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Main Authors: Cristyane Nathália Gomes Mendonça (Author), Vanessa Sá Leal (Author), Juliana Souza Oliveira (Author), Marcela Claudia de Paula Oliveira (Author), Marco Aurélio de Valois Correia Júnior (Author), Pedro Israel Cabral de Lira (Author), Emilia Chagas Costa (Author)
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Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:To evaluate the prevalence of abdominal obesity, hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia and its associated factors in adults in a low income region. Cross-sectional, population-based study with probabilistic sample representative of a region of the Brazilian Northeast. Abdominal obesity was determined by waist circumference ≥ 80cm for women and ≥ 94cm for men. The classification considered for hypercholesterolemia was cholesterol ≥ 240mgdL-1 and for hypertriglyceridemia, triglycerides ≥ 200mgdL-1. The Poisson regression analysis evaluated the association between abdominal obesity, serum lipid changes and explanatory variables. A number of 260 adults, of the economic level C and D/E (≅96%) were evaluated. The prevalence of abdominal obesity, hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia were 71.5, 21.2 and 26.9%, respectively. There was an association between abdominal obesity and female gender, age 50-59 years, overweight, and brown/black race was related as a protection factor. Hypercholesterolemia, was associated with subjects aged 50-59 years and ≥ 60 years, and hypertriglyceridemia was associated with overweight, aged ≥ 40years and smoker individuals. High prevalence of abdominal obesity, hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia were found. From the age of 40 the subjects already had a risk factor for hypertriglyceridemia and 50 years for hypercholesterolemia and abdominal obesity. Abdominal obesity was also associated with overweight female individuals, and the brown/black race was connected to a protective factor. Smoking and overweight were associated with hypertriglyceridemia.
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