Gender and schooling inequalities in risk and protective factors for chronic diseases among Brazilian adults, through telephone survey

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia

Morais Neto, Otaliba Libanio de¹  Moura, Erly Catarina²  Malta, Deborah Carvalho³ 

[1] Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil;Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil;Ministério da Saúde, Brasil

关键词: chronic disease;    risk factors;    inequalities;    educational status;    tobacco;    physical activity.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-790X2011000500013

学科分类：过敏症与临床免疫学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVES:To assess risk and protective factors for chronic noncommunicable diseases (CNCD)and to identify social inequalities in their distribution among Brazilian adults.
METHODS: The data used were collected in 2007 through VIGITEL, an ongoingpopulation-based telephone survey. This surveillance system was implemented inall of the Brazilian State capitals, over 54,000 interviews were analyzed. Age-adjustedprevalence ratios for trends at different schooling levels were calculated usingPoisson regression with linear models.
RESULTS: These analyses haveshown differences in the prevalence of risk and protective factors for CNCD bygender and schooling. Among men, the prevalence ratios of overweight, consumptionof meat with visible fat, and dyslipidemia were higher among men with more schooling,while tobacco use, sedentary lifestyle, and high-blood pressure were lower.Among women, tobacco use, overweight, obesity, high-blood pressure and diabeteswere lower among men with more schooling, and consumption of meat with visiblefat and sedentary lifestyles were higher. As for protective factors, fruit andvegetables intake and physical activity were higher in both men and women withmore schooling.
CONCLUSION: Gender and schooling influence on riskand protective factors for CNCD, being the values less favorable for men. vigitelis a useful tool for monitoring these factors amongst the Brazilian population.

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