Author:

• Ana Paula França - França, Ana Paula - Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Nutrição - <apfranca@usp.br>

Co-author(s):

• Maria Marucci - Marucci, Maria - University of São Paulo, Nutrition - <mmarucci@usp.br>
• Maria de Lourdes Nascimento da Silva - da Silva, Maria de Lourdes Nascimento - Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Nutrição - <lurdinhaponce@yahoo.com.br>
• Manuela de Almeida Roediger - de Almeida Roediger, Manuela - São Paulo, SP - Universidade de São Paulo, Nutrição - <manuelafalmeida@gmail.com>

Thematic Area:

Epidemiologia

Abstract:

To investigate the association between obesity and demographic, clinical and related to lifestyle variables, a cross-sectional study with 469 women (45-65 years) was conducted in two outpatient public clinics in São Paulo, Brazil. The dependent variables were: obesity according to body mass index (BMI) and obesity according to body fat percentage (%BF); the main explanatory variable was: climacteric stage (pre- or post-menopause) and the control variables were age; years of study; parity; use of hormone therapy; physical activity and smoking habit. Was performed multiple regression analysis "glm" (general linear model) using Stata 9.2 software for analysis. According to BMI, obesity was positively associated with parity (PR = 1.62; 95% CI = 1.11 to 2.37) and negatively associated with years of study (PR = 0.71; 95% CI = 0.55 to 0.91), and physical activity (PR = 0.45; 95% CI = 0.33 to 0.61). As indicated by %BF, obesity was positively associated with parity (PR = 1.60; 95% CI = 1.03 to 2.49) and negatively with physical activity (PR = 0.43; 95% CI = 0.29 to 0.63). While physical activity was a protective factor, multiparity was established as a risk factor for the prevalence of obesity in women of this study group.

Keywords:

ObesityParityPhysical ActivityClimactericMenopause

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