Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and NCD risk factors by race among 13,745 women of reproductive age in Brazil, VIGITEL 2011.
| Variables | Total |
White |
Black |
Asian |
Mixed race |
Native Brazilian |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 13.745 |
N = 5460 |
N = 1313 |
N = 512 |
N = 6269 |
N = 191 |
Chi square P-value | |
| Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | Weighted % (95% CI) | ||
| Demographic characteristics | |||||||
| Age (years) | 0.03 | ||||||
| 18–19 | 7.3 (6.5–8.1) | 7.0 (5.6–8.4) | 6.7 (4.5–9.0) | 11.7 (7.0–16.4) | 7.5 (6.3–8.7) | 5.2 (1.2–9.3) | |
| 20–24 | 17.5 (16.2–18.8) | 17.9 (15.8–19.9) | 16.0 (12.9–19.2) | 23.4 (17.1–29.8) | 16.8 (14.8–18.8) | 21.0 (8.9–33.2) | |
| 25–29 | 20.4 (19.0–21.7) | 20.3 (18.0–22.6) | 21.3 (17.0–25.5) | 18.8 (12.9–24.8) | 20.4 (18.5–22.3) | 20.4 (9.0–31.7) | |
| 30–34 | 20.7 (19.5–22.0) | 20.1 (18.0–22.1) | 22.1 (18.1–26.1) | 19.7 (14.0–25.5) | 20.9 (19.0–22.7) | 29.9 (17.7–42.1) | |
| 35–39 | 16.1 (15.0–17.3) | 16.8 (14.9–18.7) | 16.6 (13.3–20.0) | 12.1 (6.4–17.7) | 15.7 (14.0–17.3) | 13.7 (5.0–22.4) | |
| 40–44 | 18.0 (16.8–19.2) | 18.1 (16.2–19.9) | 17.2 (13.0–21.3) | 14.2 (9.3–19.1) | 18.7 (17.0–20.5) | 9.7 (4.9–14.5) | |
| Unmarried | 68.3 (66.9–69.8) | 65.2 (62.7–67.6) | 74.4 (70.5–78.4) | 72.8 (66.6–79.1) | 69.8 (67.8–71.9) | 70.8 (58.5–83.1) | < 0.01 |
| Unemployed/not worked over past 3 months | 30.6 (29.1–32.0) | 28.7 (26.5–30.9) | 29.1 (24.6–33.6) | 31.1 (24.7–37.5) | 33.0 (30.8–35.2) | 26.3 (16.3–36.3) | 0.07 |
| < College or university education | 66.2 (64.7–67.8) | 56.6 (54.0–59.1) | 71.1 (66.6–75.6) | 62.4 (54.8–70.0) | 75.9 (74.0–77.7) | 67.9 (55.4–80.4) | < 0.01 |
| Uninsured | 51.4 (49.8–53.1) | 41.6 (38.9–44.2) | 64.3 (59.6–69.1) | 50.5 (42.9–58.0) | 58.8 (56.5–61.1) | 59.5 (46.5–72.5) | < 0.01 |
| Behavioral NCD risk factors | |||||||
| Inadequate intake of fruit, legumes & vegetables (< 5 servings/day on ≥ 5 days/week) | 77.3 (76.0–78.6) | 75.5 (73.3–77.6) | 80.4 (76.7–84.0) | 80.5 (75.0–86.1) | 78.0 (76.1–80.0) | 84.7 (77.5–91.8) | 0.04 |
| Insufficient leisure time physical activity | 73.7 (72.4–75.1) | 71.8 (69.5–74.0) | 73.5 (69.2–77.8) | 74.7 (68.8–80.5) | 75.6 (73.7–77.5) | 80.1 (72.0–88.3) | 0.08 |
| Binge drinking (≥ 4 servings/sitting) in past 30 days | 12.0 (11.0–12.9) | 11.5 (10.0–13.0) | 18.1 (13.9–22.3) | 9.2 (5.9–12.4) | 11.2 (9.8–12.6) | 9.1 (3.3–15.0) | < 0.01 |
| Current smoker | 9.1 (8.0–10.2) | 9.6 (7.9–11.4) | 10.9 (6.7–15.1) | 9.3 (4.6–14.0) | 8.1 (6.6–9.6) | 9.3 (2.4–16.2) | 0.58 |
| Biological NCD risk factors | |||||||
| Obese body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2), ≥ 30 | 11.7 (10.7–12.8) | 11.4 (9.8–13.1) | 13.7 (10.6–16.7) | 9.4 (5.4–13.4) | 11.8 (10.3–13.3) | 10.6 (4.0–17.3) | 0.55 |
| Self-reported diagnosed hypertension | 11.5 (10.4–12.5) | 10.7 (9.0–12.3) | 15.5 (12.0–19.1) | 12.1 (6.0–18.3) | 11.2 (9.8–12.7) | 11.7 (3.3–20.1) | 0.11 |
The bold numbers represent significance at P < 0.05.