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Socioeconomic distribution of noncommunicable disease risk factors in urban Brazil: The case of Porto Alegre
Artigo | PAHOIRIS | ID: phr-26981
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The study reported here sought to assess the degree to which the prevalences of five risk factors for noncommunicable diseases- hypertension, smoking, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, and excessive alcohol consumption- varied individually and in combination for urban Brazilians with differing socioeconomic status in terms of educational achievement, income, and social class. For this purpose 1986-1987 data from a cross-sectional household survey of 1 157 randomly selected adults 15-64 years of age residing in the major Brazilian city of Porto Alegre were analized. In general, it was found that less privileged socioeconomic situations tended to be associated with higher risk factor prevalences. However, this was not the case for obesity and sedentary lifestyle among men, and may not have been the case with respect to hypertension among women. When the effects of education, income, and social class were considered simultaneously, higher risk factor prevalences were most strongly associated with low educational attainment. Important exceptions to this rule were found for smoking among women and excessive alcohol consumption among men, where higher risk factor prevalences were most associated with social class. Once the effects of education and social class were accounted for, income generally tended to be associated with lower prevalences of the risk factors studied
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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados de organismos internacionais Indicadores: Indicadores_desigualdade_saude / Socioeconômicos Temas: Doenças crônicas e degenerativas Base de dados: PAHO-IRIS Assunto principal: Classe Social / Fatores Socioeconômicos / Brasil / Saúde da População Urbana / Doença Crônica / Fatores de Risco / Educação Ano de publicação: 1993 Tipo de documento: Artigo

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Texto completo: Disponível Coleções: Bases de dados de organismos internacionais Indicadores: Indicadores_desigualdade_saude / Socioeconômicos Temas: Doenças crônicas e degenerativas Base de dados: PAHO-IRIS Assunto principal: Classe Social / Fatores Socioeconômicos / Brasil / Saúde da População Urbana / Doença Crônica / Fatores de Risco / Educação Ano de publicação: 1993 Tipo de documento: Artigo