Table 6 Nutritional status, time spent in sedentary activities and arterial hypertension in the two birth cohorts.
Variables | Ribeirão Preto | São Luís | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % weighted* | n | % weighted* | ||
Nutritional status according to Cole et al. | < 0.001 | ||||
Underweight | 32 | 3.6 | 39 | 5.8 | |
Normal | 542 | 68.6 | 595 | 88.8 | |
Overweight | 139 | 18.2 | 25 | 3.6 | |
Obesity | 75 | 9.5 | 13 | 1.8 | |
Unknown | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
Nutritional status according to Must et al. | < 0.001 | ||||
Underweight | 98 | 11.2 | 112 | 16.1 | |
Normal | 492 | 63.4 | 522 | 78.5 | |
Overweight | 104 | 13.5 | 24 | 3.5 | |
Obesity | 94 | 11.9 | 14 | 1.9 | |
Unknown | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
Time spent in sedentary activities (hours per day) ** | < 0.001 | ||||
0 | 13 | 2.0 | 6 | 1.0 | |
1 to 4 | 249 | 39.2 | 173 | 27.3 | |
> 4 to 8 | 371 | 57.0 | 399 | 60.1 | |
> 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 73 | 11.6 | |
Missing | 142 | - | 22 | - | |
Systolic blood pressure *** | < 0.001 | ||||
Normal | 687 | 90.7 | 647 | 97.5 | |
High | 69 | 9.3 | 18 | 2.5 | |
Missing | 34 | - | 8 | ||
Diastolic blood pressure *** | 0.673 | ||||
Normal | 742 | 95.9 | 630 | 95.4 | |
High | 29 | 4.1 | 30 | 4.6 | |
Missing | 19 | - | 13 | ||
Arterial hypertension **** | < 0.001 | ||||
No | 665 | 89.0 | 626 | 95.4 | |
Yes | 79 | 10.9 | 31 | 4.6 | |
Missing | 46 | - | 16 | - |