Evolução da prevalência do diabetes e deste associado à hipertensão arterial no Brasil: análise da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios, 1998, 2003 e 2008 / Evolution of prevalence of diabetes and associated hypertension in Brazil: analysis of National Household Sample Survey, 1998, 2003 and 2008
Freitas, Lúcia Rolim Santana de; Garcia, Leila Posenato.
Epidemiol. serv. saúde
; 21(1): 7-19, jan.-mar. 2012. graf, tab
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in Portuguese
| LILACS | ID: lil-619594
Objective:
to estimate the prevalence of diabetes, and associated hypertension for Brazilian states and Federal District, in 2008, and describe its temporal trends according to sociodemographic variables and its distribution in Brazil and regions, in 1998, 2003 and 2008.Methods:
cross-sectional study with microdata from the National Household Sample Survey in the selected years; crude and age-and-sex standardized prevalence rates were calculated for the entire population and for subgroups of the sociodemographic variables.Results:
in Brazil, the standardized prevalence rate of diabetes increasedfrom 2.9 per cent in 1998 to 4.3 pre cent 2008; for diabetes associated to hypertension, this ratio rose from 1.7 per cent to 2.8 per cent over the same period. These increases were statistically significant for Brazil, as well as for all rates and categories of the studied variables.Conclusion:
the prevalence of diabetes and associated hypertersion is growing rapidly in Brazil.
Responsible library:
BR275.1
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