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. 2024 Feb 15;121(2):e20240079. [Article in Portuguese] doi: 10.36660/abc.20240079

Abbreviations used in Chapter 12.

CI Confidence Interval
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
CVD Cardiovascular Disease
DALYs Disability-Adjusted Life-Years
ELSA-Brasil Longitudinal Study of Adult Health - Brazil
GBD Global Burden of Disease
MET Metabolic Equivalent of Task
min minute
PENSE National Survey on the Health of Schoolchildren (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar )
PNS National Health Survey (in Portuguese, Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde )
SDI Sociodemographic Index
SUS Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde )
TV Television
UI Uncertainty Interval
VIGITEL Surveillance System of Risk and Protection Factors for Chronic Diseases by Telephone Survey (in Portuguese, Sistema de Vigilância de Fatores de Risco e Proteção para Doenças Crônicas por Inquérito Telefônico )
V̇O2 Oxygen consumption