Obesidade abdominal e fatores associados em comunidades quilombolas do Norte de Minas Gerais, 2019

Patrícia de Sousa Fernandes Queiroz; Leonardo de Paula Miranda; Pâmela Scarlatt Durães Oliveira; João Felício  Rodrigues Neto; Cristina Andrade Sampaio; Thatiane Lopes Oliveira; Maria Luiza Oliveira Silva

doi:10.1590/s1679- 49742021000300023

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Patrícia de Sousa Fernandes Queiroz Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4616-1593
Leonardo de Paula Miranda Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-3407
Pâmela Scarlatt Durães Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6084-5011
João Felício Rodrigues Neto Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8189-6539
Cristina Andrade Sampaio Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9067-4425
Thatiane Lopes Oliveira Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2035-3407
Maria Luiza Oliveira Silva Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1705-5775

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s1679-%2049742021000300023

Keywords:

Risk Groups, African Continental Ancestry Group, Quilombolas, Abdominal Obesity, Public Health, Cross-Sectional Studies

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the prevalence of abdominal obesity and associated factors in quilombola communities in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil. Methods: cross-sectional study conducted in 2019 based on structured interviews and measurement of waist circumference; Poisson regression, separated by sex, was used to calculate prevalence ratios (PR) of abdominal obesity adjusted by independent variables and a 95% confidence interval (CI_95%). Results: 56.6% (CI_95% 50.9;62.0) had abdominal obesity. In the adjusted analysis, among men there was an association of the outcome with age ≥60 years (60-69 years: PR=2.52 – CI_95%1.33;4.75), non-smokers (PR=1.73 – CI_95%1.17;2.55), and hypertension (PR=1.42 – CI_95% 1.11;1.80); in women, the outcome was associated with age ≥50 years (50-59 years: PR=1.25 – CI_95%1.01;1.54), ex-smokers (PR=1.26 – CI_95%1.00;1.58), consumption of chicken with skin (PR=1.09 – CI_95%1.00;1.19), and hypertension (PR=1.22 – CI_95% 1.11;1.36). Conclusion: the prevalence of abdominal obesity was high among quilombolas, and it was higher in the elderly, hypertensive, smokers and ex-smokers.