Table 1. Description of the population according to gender and demographic, anthropometric, and morbidity characteristics. Brazil, 2009.

Variable	All individuals		Men		Women		p*
Adults	n = 8.235		n = 2.814		n = 5.421
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	38.1	11.48	37.8	11.78	38.2	11.32	0.192
Weight (kg)	68.45	15.18	74.80	15.11	65.15	14.13	< 0.001
Height (m)	1.63	0.093	1.71	0.073	1.58	0.068	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	25.79	5.18	25.43	4.63	25.98	5.43	< 0.001
WC (cm)	88.19	13.27	90.42	12.89	87.03	13.81	< 0.001
WHR	0.54	0.083	0.52	0.075	0.55	0.087	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	123.95	19.40	128.53	18.93	121.58	19.21	< 0.001
DBP (mmHg)	81.76	13.69	83.90	14.25	80.65	13.26	< 0.001
	%	IC95%	%	IC95%	%	IC95%
SAH (%)	17.6	16.8–18.4	22.3	20.8–23.9	15.2	14.2–16.1	< 0.001
Overweight BMI (%)	50.5	49.5–51.6	49.5	47.6–51.3	51.1	49.8–52.4	0.162
High WC (%)	57.1	56.0–58.2	35.7	34.0–37.5	68.1	66.8–69.3	< 0.001
Very high WC (%)	34.8	33.7–35.8	17.2	15.8–18.6	44.0	42.7–45.3	< 0.001
Older adults	n = 5,494		n = 2,110		n = 3,384
	Média	DP	Média	DP	Média	DP
Age (years)	70.9	7.99	70.9	7.75	70.9	8.16	0.850
Weight (kg)	65.3	14.15	69.3	13.73	62.48	13.84	< 0.001
Height (m)	1.57	0.093	1.65	0.074	1.53	0.068	< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)	26.20	5.03	25.21	4.32	26.81	5.34	< 0.001
WC (cm)	94.57	12.44	95.33	12.26	94.11	12.53	< 0.001
WHR	0.60	0.081	0.57	0.072	0.61	0.083	< 0.001
SBP (mmHg)	137.76	23.93	138.79	24.25	137.13	23.72	0.011
DBP (mmHg)	83.79	14.53	84.70	15.02	83.22	14.19	< 0.001
	%	IC95%	%	IC95%	%	IC95%
SAH (%)	23.3	22.3–24.5	25.6	23.8–27.5	22.0	20.6–23.4	0.002
Overweight BMI (%)	57.1	55.7–58.4	50.2	48.0–52.4	61.4	59.7–63.0	< 0.001
High WC (%)	21.2	20.1–22.2	26.5	24.6–28.4	17.9	16.7–19.2	< 0.001
Very high WC (%)	54.3	53.0–55.6	28.6	26.7–30.5	70.4	68.8–71.9	< 0.001

BMI: Body mass index; WC: waist circumference; WHR: waist-to-height ratio; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SAH: systolic arterial hypertension

* Student’s t-test or chi-square test for differences between men and women.