RESUMO
PURPOSE: the authors intended to evaluate obese patients and to analyze the incidence of related diseases in an outpatient population. TYPE: prospective study. PLACE: General Medicine Outpatient Clinic (Escola Paulista de Medicina) in São Paulo, Brazil. PATIENTS: 94 patients, 29 males and 65 females, ages ranging from 18 to 74. Overweight ranging from 21% to 93%. RESULTS: most prevalent diseases were: hypertension (51.06%), diabetes (38.29%), dyslipemias (31.91%), varicose veins (28.72%, osteoarthrosis (27.65%, and intertriginous dermatitis (19.14%). CONCLUSIONS: Hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipemias were the most prevalent diseases. High incidence of varicose veins, and osteoarthrosis were also observed. Diabetes and dyslipemias were most prevalent among the most obese patients. Hypertension, however, was not related to obesity severity.
