Body mass index and waist circumference combination in women and associated factors

Authors

  • Christiane Motta Araujo UFMG
  • Jorge Gustavo Velásquez-Meléndez UFMG, Escola de Enfermagem , Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Saúde Pública

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/2316-9389.2007.v11.50680

Keywords:

Obesity Women, Abdominal Circumference, Body Mass Index, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors

Abstract

Relationships between social-economics factors, lifestyle, reproductive and hypertension with central obesity and global overweight in women were studied by case-control study. Odds Ratio and confidence interval of 95% was estimated by logistic regression. Adjusted analysis shown: age (OR =3.772 - ages 30-39, OR= 15.769 ages-50-65), low income (OR= 2.422), low schooling (OR= 2.937), menarche at 12 (OR 0.409: IC95% 0.214-0.784), high parity (OR 6.795; IC95% 3.137-14.717), mother overweight (OR 2.867; IC95% 1.623-5.065) and diastolic hypertension (OR 5.251; IC95% 2.132-12.933), were associated to global obesity. Women with less schooling and income and high parity were significantly associated to high waist circumference and high body mass index.

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Published

2007-09-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2007)

Section

Research

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Copyright (c) 2007 Reme: Revista Mineira de Enfermagem

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Body mass index and waist circumference combination in women and associated factors. REME Rev Min Enferm. [Internet]. 2007 Sep. 1 [cited 2026 Feb. 26];11(3). Available from: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/reme/article/view/50680