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. 2017 Sep 16;2(3):47. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2030047

Table 2.

Unadjusted total, sex-, and age-specific prevalences of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and NCD risk factors in the community of Pau da Lima, Salvador, Brazil, 2010.

Total Sex Age
Male Female 18–24 25–39 40–59 ≥60
(%) 95% CI (%) 95% CI (%) 95% CI (%) 95% CI (%) 95% CI (%) 95% CI (%) 95% CI
Diabetes mellitus 8.8 6.8, 10.8 9.8 6.4, 13.2 8.3 5.9, 10.7 1.6 0, 3.5 4.8 2.4, 7.2 10.6 7.1, 14.1 36.7 24.6, 48.7
Hypertension 23.8 20.8, 28.2 19.9 15.3, 24.6 26.0 22.3, 29.8 2.3 0.0, 4.7 14.2 10.3, 18.2 35.9 30.2, 41.6 62.3 49.8, 74.8
Dyslipidemia 23.4 20.4, 26.5 17.2 12.8, 21.6 26.8 22.9, 30.7 6.3 2.2, 10.5 14.7 10.7, 18.7 33.1 27.8, 38.4 59.0 46.8, 71.3
Overweight or obese 1 49.0 45.5, 52.5 43.4 37.6, 49.2 52.1 47.8, 56.5 23.5 13.8, 33.2 51.0 44.0, 58.1 60.1 54.0, 67.6 48.7 33.1, 64.4
Obese 2 17.3 14.8, 19.9 10.7 7.2, 14.2 21.0 47.8, 56.5 5.9 0.3, 11.4 13.4 8.7, 18.1 12.4 7.7, 17.1 12.8 2.4, 23.2
Active smoker 13.4 11.1, 15.7 18.1 13.7, 22.6 10.8 8.2, 13.5 8.6 3.8, 13.4 12.7 8.9, 16.4 16.7 12.3–21.1 11.5 3.3–19.6

1 Overweight or obese defined as a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2; 2 Obese defined as a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2.