Prevalência de sobrepeso e obesidade e sua associação com a síndrome metabólica em uma amostra de idosos

Objetivo: Avaliar a prevalencia de sobrepeso e obesidade em uma amostra de idosose sua associacao com a sindrome metabolica (SM).Metodologia: > 60 anos que consultaram na Unidade Movel do Hospital Mae deDeus, Bairro Piratini (Alvorada, abril a junho de 2003). Criterios de sobrepeso: indice demassa corporal de 25 a 29,9 Kg/m2, de obesidade > 30 Kg/m2 e os da SM os do NCEPATPIII.Para associacao entre componentes da SM foi utilizado o coeficiente de Pearson,o teste t de Student para analise comparativa entre as medias dos grupos e o qui-quadradopara variaveis qualitativas.Resultados: Do total de 66, 26 (39,39%) tinham sobrepeso e 19 (28,79%) obesidade.Apresentaram SM: 15 (62,5%) no grupo sobrepeso e 13 (72,2%) no obesidade. Houvecorrelacao entre triglicerideos e glicemia (P Aims: Evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a sample of elders andtheir correlation with metabolic syndrome (MS).Methodology: Outpatients, > 60 years were attended at the Mobile Unit of the Maede Deus Hospital, in Piratini, city of Alvorada (RS), during April 2003 and June 2003.The criteria for overweight was Body Mass Index equal to 25 to 29,9 Kg/m2; for obesityBody Mass Index equal or above 30 Kg/m2 and for MS was the NCEP-ATPIII criteria.The association between the components of MS was calculated through the correlationcoefficient of Pearson (r); the Student t test was applied for the comparative analysisbetween the average of the groups, with or without MS and the chi-square test was usedfor the qualitative variables.Results: From a total 66 patients, 26 (39.39%) had overweight and 19 (28.79%)obesity. Metabolic syndrome was found in 15 patients (62.5%) of the overweight groupand in 13 (72.2%) of the obesity group. There was correlation between serum triglyceridesand plasma glucose (P