Associação entre excesso de peso, diabetes mellitus tipo 2 e hipertensão arterial sistêmica: uma investigação epidemiológica na atenção primária à saúde

Abstract

Objective: To verify the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension and its distribution according to sociodemographic, health and lifestyle characteristics. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted with adults and elderly users of Primary Health Care in Passo Fundo-RS. Data were collected at the health facilities, through a questionnaire applied by an interviewer and, afterwards, the type of diabetes was checked in the medical records. After double entry and data validation, descriptive statistics, prevalence of outcomes (95% CI) and their distribution according to independent variables were performed. Results: The sample consisted of 1,443 participants, with prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus of 9% (95% CI 7-10) and 36% systemic arterial hypertension (95% CI 33-39). The distribution of diabetes mellitus varied significantly in relation to age, education, paid activity, self-perception of health and alcohol consumption. There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension regarding age, marital status, education, paid activity, self-perception of food, self-perception of health, overweight, physical activity and alcohol consumption. Conclusion: High prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes mellitus and systemic arterial hypertension were observed among users of Primary Health Care. In addition, the characterization of patients, as well as the identification of the relationships between these.