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

Abbreviations Used in Chapter 7.

aPR Adjusted Prevalence Ratio
BMI Body Mass Index
CI Confidence Interval
DALYs Disability-Adjusted Life Years
DBP Diastolic Blood Pressure
ELSA-Brasil Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (in Portuguese, Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto )
FU Federative Unit
GBD Global Burden of Disease
ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10thRevision
OR Odds Ratio
SBP Systolic Blood Pressure
SUS Brazilian Unified Health System (in Portuguese, Sistema Único de Saúde )
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 )