Anthropometric indicators and risk for cardiovascular diseases in women with rheumatic diseases
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https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0367.2009v30n2p131Keywords:
Rheumatic diseases, Body Mass Index, Waist-to-hip ratio, Waist circumference, Risk for cardiovascular diseases.Abstract
The purpose of this work was to evaluate the nutritional status and the risk for cardiovascular diseases in women with rheumatic diseases from an association for patients with rheumatic diseases in Maringá – PR. The nutritional status was determined by means of the Body Mass Index (BMI) and the risk for cardiovascular diseases based on the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and the isolated waist circumference (WC). Forty-three women were evaluated, being 11 adults and 32 elderly. Most of the evaluated women (60.46%) showed to be overweight, 32.56% had appropriate body weight and 6.98% had low weight. The risk for cardiovascular diseases was observed in 48.84% of the women, according to the waist-tohip evaluation. The isolated WC showed that 83.72% of the women had risk of cardiovascular diseases. It is concluded that the prevalence of overweight and risk for cardiovascular diseases is worrying for this population, not only because of the associated complications, but also for the worsening in the life quality of these individuals.
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