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The Risk of Multimorbidity Associated with Overweight and Obesity: Data from the Brazilian National Health Survey 2013 by Thaynã Ramos Flores; Ana Paula dos Santos Rodrigues; Rosália Garcia Neves; Sandro Rodrigues Batista; Doralice Severo da Cruz Teixeira; Erika Aparecida da Silveira; Deborah Carvalho Malta; Bruno Pereira Nunes is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background An increase in body mass index (BMI) is strongly associated with the occurrence of multimorbidity, and overweight and obesity are contributing factors for the increase in morbidities. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the occurrence of multimorbidity and associated factors in Brazilian adults with and without overweight or obesity. ## Methods This was a cross-sectional population-based study with data from the National Health Survey (2013) including individuals aged 18 years or older. Multimorbidity was defined as having ≥2 diseases from the list of 15 morbidities on the self-reported questionnaire (self-reported medical diagnosis in life). BMI was categorized as: ≤24.9 kg/m^2^ (low weight and eutrophy), 25.0–29.9 kg/m^2^ (overweight), and ≥30.0 kg/m^2^ (obesity). Sex, age, and schooling were the covariates. Poisson regression was used for crude and adjusted analyses for the variables representing access to health services estimating the prevalence ratio (PR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). ## Results The total sample consisted of 59,402 individuals. The prevalence of multimorbidity was 25% overall and was higher among overweight (25.8%) and obese (32.5%) in
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- Author
- Thaynã Ramos Flores; Ana Paula dos Santos Rodrigues; Rosália Garcia Neves; Sandro Rodrigues Batista; Doralice Severo da Cruz Teixeira; Erika Aparecida da Silveira; Deborah Carvalho Malta; Bruno Pereira Nunes
- Publisher
- Korean Society for the Study of Obesity
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)