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Table 4 Association of obesity and type of service by sex and disease diagnosed (n = 59,402). PNS, Brazil, 2013

From: Obesity and health service utilization in Brazil: data from the National Health Survey

Type of health service used

Disease

Diagnosed

Crude Model

Adjusted Modela

Male

Female

Male

Female

Overweightb

Obesityb

Overweightb

Obesityb

Overweightb

Obesityb

Overweightb

Obesityb

 

PRc

95%CI

PRc

95%CI

PRc

95%CI

PRc

95%CI

aPRc

95%CI

aPRc

95%CI

aPRc

95%CI

aPRc

95%CI

Routine visits to doctor or health service

SAH

1.79

1.52–2.11

3.12

2.65–3.68

2.01

1.78–2.28

3.00

2.66–3.38

1.44

1.23–1.68

2.34

1.99–2.74

1.45

1.29–1.63

2.03

1.81–2.26

DM

1.65

1.22–2.22

3.04

2.26–4.09

2.25

1.82–2.78

3.20

2.62–3.90

1.30

0.98–1.72

2.19

1.64–2.93

1.62

1.32–1.99

2.14

1.75–2.61

SAH and DM

1.75

1.33–2.30

3.20

2.41–4.27

2.33

1.90–2.86

3.59

2.98–4.32

1.38

1.06–1.79

2.32

1.75–3.07

1.66

1.36–2.03

2.36

1.96–2.84

Exams done

SAH

1.63

1.42–1.88

3.02

2.63–3.48

2.01

1.79–2.25

2.90

2.59–3.24

1.32

1.16–1.50

2.28

1.99–2.60

1.47

1.32–1.63

2.02

1.82–2.24

DM

1.61

1.24–2.08

2.90

2.22–3.79

2.16

1.77–2.62

3.06

2.53–3.69

1.27

0.99–1.62

2.10

1.62–2.72

1.56

1.28–1.89

2.06

1.70–2.48

SAH and DM

1.59

1.25–2.04

2.99

2.32–3.86

2.23

1.84–2.70

3.14

2.63–3.76

1.26

1.00–1.59

2.17

1.70–2.78

1.59

1.32–1.91

2.09

1.75–2.49

Referral to specialistd

SAH

1.82

1.53–2.16

3.19

2.68–3.79

2.12

1.84–2.46

2.85

2.47–3.30

1.43

1.22–1.67

2.33

1.98–2.75

1.55

1.35–1.77

1.95

1.70–2.23

DM

1.66

1.18–2.35

2.92

2.07–4.11

2.61

1.96–3.47

3.87

2.94–5.09

1.24

0.89–1.73

2.01

1.44–2.81

1.86

1.40–2.48

2.56

1.94–3.38

SAH and DM

1.58

1.19–2.09

2.91

2.14–3.94

2.85

2.21–3.67

4.14

3.24–5.30

1.19

0.90–1.56

2.01

1.49–2.71

2.02

1.57–2.59

2.70

2.11–3.46

Hospitalization

SAH

1.60

1.13–2.26

3.21

2.31–4.45

2.02

1.56–2.60

3.37

2.65–4.28

1.35

0.96–1.88

2.55

1.81–3.61

1.48

1.15–1.89

2.34

1.85–2.95

DM

1.04

0.60–1.81

2.11

1.17–3.80

1.60

0.99–2.57

2.42

1.52–3.85

0.95

0.57–1.60

1.81

1.01–3.25

1.17

0.73–1.87

1.66

1.04–2.63

SAH and DM

1.24

0.76–2.03

2.99

1.83–4.89

2.52

1.79–3.56

4.04

2.90–5.63

1.10

0.70–1.75

2.48

1.54–3.99

1.80

1.28–2.52

2.66

1.92–3.69

  1. PR Prevalence Ratio, aPR Adjusted Prevalence Ratios, 95%CI 95% Confidence Interval, SAH Systemic Arterial Hypertension, DM Diabetes Mellitus
  2. aModel adjusted for macroregion, residence area, age, race/skin color and education
  3. bOverweight: BMI = 25.0–29.9 Kg/m2 / Obesity: BMI ≥ 30.0 Kg/m2
  4. cReference category = Underweight + Normal weight. dIncludes previous consultation
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