Table 1.
General characteristics of individuals from I DISANDNT/JP, for the municipality of northeastern Brazil (2008–2010).
| Mean | SD | Amplitude | N | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic, socioeconomic and lifestyle characteristics | ||||||
| Sex | males | - | - | - | 420 | 36 |
| females | - | - | - | 745 | 64 | |
| Age (years) | 0–9 years | 4.52 | 2.94 | 9.00 | 212 | 18.1 |
| 10–19 years | 14.36 | 2.84 | 9.00 | 233 | 20.1 | |
| 20–59 years | 38.64 | 11.41 | 39.00 | 527 | 45.3 | |
| ≥60 years | 69.34 | 7.60 | 37.00 | 192 | 16.5 | |
| 32.63 | 22.84 | 97.00 | 1164 | 100.00 | ||
| Schooling 1 | Up to elementary school | - | - | - | 553 | 47.5 |
| ≥incomplete high school | - | - | - | 612 | 52.5 | |
| 1165 | 100.00 | |||||
| Family income (R$) 2 | 1843.30 | 2159.54 | 18,000.00 | 1126 | 100.00 | |
| Smoking | yes | - | - | - | 107 | 9.2 |
| no | - | - | - | 1058 | 90.8 | |
| 1165 | 100.00 | |||||
| Alcohol consumption 3 | yes | 0.29 | 0.37 | 2.5 | 158 | 13.6 |
| no | - | - | - | 1006 | 86.4 | |
| 1164 | 100.00 | |||||
| Practice of phys. Activity 4 | yes | - | - | - | 111 | 9.5 |
| (5 times / week) | days/week | 5.32 | 0.67 | 2.00 | - | - |
| Duration activity/min | 70.53 | 43.90 | 245 | - | - | |
| no | - | - | - | 1054 | 90.5 | |
| 1165 | 100.00 | |||||
| Anthropometric characteristics | ||||||
| Weight(kg) | 52.38 | 25.21 | 126 | 1095 | - | |
| Height(m) | 1.40 | 0.42 | 1.85 | 1089 | - | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.57 | 6.31 | 49.83 | 1086 | - | |
| BMI classification * | ||||||
| Low weight/normal weight | 19.41 | 3.24 | 13.24 | 572 | 52.7 | |
| Overweight | 27.16 | 1.43 | 5.03 | 305 | 28 | |
| Obesity | 33.85 | 3.56 | 21.30 | 209 | 19.2 | |
Notes: 1 <elementary school, corresponding to 9 years or less of schooling, and >incomplete high school, corresponding to more than 9 years of schooling; 2 Median family income, R$1000.00, or $492.02; 3 Alcohol consumption: only for aged adults and elderly; 4 five times per week, at least 30 min. * According to the WHO (1995) and WHO (2007). Abbreviations: SD—standard deviation, BMI—body mass index, I DISANDNT/JP—“First diagnosis and intervention of food and nutritional situation and non-communicable diseases most prevalent in the population of João Pessoa, northeastern Brazil”.