Overweight and factors associated in civil servants from Southern Brazil

Gonçalves, Eliane Cristina de Andrade; Silva, Diego Augusto Santos; Nunes, Heloyse Elaine Gimenes; Lima, Tiago Rodrigues de; Capdeboscq, Majorie Catherine; Rinaldi, Wilson

doi:10.5007/1980-0037.2016v18n3p277

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Original Article • Rev. bras. cineantropom. desempenho hum 18 (3) • May-Jun 2016 • https://doi.org/10.5007/1980-0037.2016v18n3p277 copy

Overweight and factors associated in civil servants from Southern Brazil

Excesso de peso e fatores associados em servidores do Sul do Brasil

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Abstract

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of overweight and investigate its association with sociodemographic factors, physical activity level, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes in civil servants of a university in the state of Paraná, Brazil. The research was conducted with 339 civil servants aged above 18 years. Overweight was analyzed by self-reported body mass index. Physical activity level was evaluated using a questionnaire. Sociodemographic data (sex, age, economic status, educational level, marital status, and working hours) and information on the chronic diseases of interest (hypercholesterolemia and diabetes) were obtained from self-report. The association between overweight and the other variables was investigated using binary logistic regression. The prevalence of overweight was 50.6%. The groups most susceptible to overweight were: male civil servants (OR: 2.04; CI: 1.30-3.22), those less than 12 years of education (OR: 2.46; IC: 1.43-4.23), who were insufficiently active (OR: 1.64; CI: 1.03-2.60), and those with hypercholesterolemia (OR: 2.28; CI: 1.32-3.96). This study concluded that more than a half of the sample was overweight and that this condition was associated with male sex, educational level below 12 years, insufficient physical activity, and hypercholesterolemia.

Key words
Chronic disease; Exercise; Occupational health; Overweight; Workers

Variable		n	%
Sex (n=339)
	Female	194	57.2
	Male	145	42.8
Age (n=339)
	18-39 years	117	34.5
	≥40	222	65.5
Educational level (n=338)
	>12 years of education	256	75.7
	≤12 years of education	82	24.3
Marital status (n=333)
	Without a partner	119	35.7
	With a partner	214	64.3
Working hours (n=313)
	≤ 8 hours/day	223	71.2
	> 8 hours/day	90	28.8
Socioeconomic status (n=338)
	High	181	53.6
	Low	157	46.4
Physical activity level (n=338)
	Active	198	58.6
	Insufficiently active	140	41.4
Hypercholesterolemia (n=334)
	No	248	74.3
	Yes	86	25.7
Self-reported diabetes (n=333)
	No	318	95.5
	Yes	15	4.5
Nutritional status (n=336)
	Normal weight	166	49.4
	Overweight	170	50.6

		Overweight n (%)	Unadjusted OR (95%CI)	p	Adjusted OR (95%CI)^† † - Analysis adjusted for all variables, regardless of their p-value in the crude analysis.	p
Age
	18-39 years	51 (44.0)	1.00	0.05	1.00	0.11
	≥40 years	119 (54.1)	1.54 (0.98-2.42)		1.45 (0.91-2.32)
Sex
	Female	84 (44.0)	1.00	<0.01^* * p<0.05;	1.00	<0.01^* * p<0.05;
	Male	86 (59.3)	1.54 (0.98-2.42)		2.04 (1.30-3.22)
Marital status
	Without a partner	59 (50.0)	1.00	0.84	1.00	0.91
	With a partner	107 (50.5)	1.04 (0.66-1.63)		0.97 (0.58-1.62)
Educational level
	> 12 years of education	116 (45.3)	1.00	<0.01^* * p<0.05;	1.00	<0.01^* * p<0.05;
	≤ 12 years of education	53 (67.1)	2.32 (1.38-3.90)		2.46 (1.43-4.23)
Working hours
	≤ 8 hours/day	115 (51.8)	1.00	0.23	1.00	0.24
	> 8 hours/day	38 (43.2)	0.73 (0.45-1.21)		0.73 (0.43-1.23)
Economic status
	High	93 (52.0)	1.00	0.59	1.00	0.41
	Low	77 (49.4)	0.89 (0.58-1.36)		0.81 (0.50-1.32)
Physical activity
	Active	91 (46.0)	1.00	0.04^* * p<0.05;	1.00	0.03^* * p<0.05;
	Insufficiently active	78 (56.9)	1.55 (1.00-2.40)		1.64 (1.03-2.60)

	Overweight n (%)	Unadjusted OR (95%CI)	p	Adjusted OR^† † - Analysis adjusted for the variables age, sex, marital status, educational level, working hours, economic status, and physical activity level, regardless of their p-value in the crude analysis. (95%CI)	p
Hypercholesterolemia			<0.01^* * p<0.05;		<0.01^* * p<0.05;
No	109 (44.5)	1.00		1.00
Yes	56 (65.1)	2.38 (1.43-3.96)		2.28 (1.32-3.96)
Diabetes			0.02^* * p<0.05;		0.06
No	150 (48.5)	1.00		1.00
Yes	19 (73.1)	2.89 (1.18-7.07)		2.48 (0.94-6.52)

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[1] Eliane Cristina de Andrade Gonçalves, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário – Trindade – Caixa Postal 476, CEP: 88040-900 – Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. E-mail: elianeandradegoncalves@gmail.com