Abbreviations Used in Chapter 7.
aPR | Adjusted Prevalence Ratio |
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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 ) |