Profile of blood pressure and body mass index regional electoral court of workers in the city of Campo Grande
Introduction: The nutritional disorders such as obesity, hypertension and sedentary lifestyle are major concerns of public health in Brazil, with important risk factors for chronic diseases later. Objective: To determine the correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) in a samp...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Fisiologia do Exercício (IBPEFEX) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Prescrição e Fisiologia do Exercício |
| Idioma: | portugués |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.rbpfex.com.br/index.php/rbpfex/article/view/274 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Obesity Blood pressure Hypertension BMI Body mass index Obesidad Presión arteria Hipertensión IMC Indice de masa corporal Obesità Pressione sanguigna Ipertensione Indice di massa corporea Obesidade Pressão arterial Hipertensão Índice de massa corporal |
| Sumario: | Introduction: The nutritional disorders such as obesity, hypertension and sedentary lifestyle are major concerns of public health in Brazil, with important risk factors for chronic diseases later. Objective: To determine the correlation between Body Mass Index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) in a sample of 125 individuals, with 62 women and 63 men living in the city of Campo Grande -MS working in the Court Regional Electoral. Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 125 subjects, 62 women and 63 men living in the city of Campo Grande -MS working in the Regional Electoral Court. Data were collected between February and April 2008 between 08h00min e 16h00min. Was measured body weight (with scale Tanita 080W Model A, accurate to 100g) and height (stadiometer aid of a model 120A TONELI mark) equalized the values of BMI=weight/height2. Blood pressure was collected using pressure aneroid WANMEDC equipment (stethoscope, 1 head). Results and Discussion: We observed that the classification of women in the eutrophic BMI was 64.52% and worrying levels of obesity in 11.29% (obesity class I, II and III). We men of these indices were 30.16% and 30.16% respectively. Conclusion: Our results showed thatwomen tend to be more healthy than men and despite all the considerations made, we find that there was a correlation between the analyzed indices (BMI and BP). |
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