Abdominal obesity and associated factors in quilombola communities in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2019

• Published in: Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde 2021-01, Vol.30 (3), p.e2020833-e2020833
• Main Authors: Queiroz, Patrícia de Sousa Fernandes, Miranda, Leonardo de Paula, Oliveira, Pâmela Scarlatt Durães, Rodrigues Neto, João Felício, Sampaio, Cristina Andrade, Oliveira, Thatiane Lopes, Silva, Maria Luiza Oliveira
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; por
• ISSN: 2237-9622
• DOI: 10.1590/S1679-49742021000300023

OBJECTIVETo analyze the prevalence of abdominal obesity and associated factors in quilombola communities in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODSThis was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2019 through structured interviews and waist circumference measurement; Poisson regression was used, separated by gender, to calculate prevalence ratios (PR) of abdominal obesity adjusted by independent variables and 95% confidence interval (95%CI). RESULTS56.6% (95% CI 50.9;62.0) of the observed quilombolas presented abdominal obesity; in the adjusted analysis, among men, there was an association of the outcome with age ≥60 years old (60-69 years old: PR=2.52 - CI95% 1.33; 4.75), not being a smoker (PR=1.73 - 95%CI 1.17;2.55) and reported arterial hypertension (PR=1.42 - 95%CI 1.11;1.80), while in women, it was associated with age ≥50 years old (50-59 years old: PR=1.25 - 95% CI 1.01;1.54), smoking cessation (PR=1.26 - 95% CI 1.00; 1.58), consumption of chicken with skin (PR=1.09 - 95% CI 1.00;1.19) and hypertension (PR=1.22 - 95% CI 1.11;1.36). CONCLUSIONThere was high prevalence of abdominal obesity among quilombolas. It was higher in the elderly, smokers, former smokers and those with hypertension.