Table 1 |
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General characteristics of Brazilian adults |
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Total (%) |
Men (%) |
Women (%) |
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Age group |
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40-50 years |
799 (34.3) |
247 (35.8) |
552 (33.7) |
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51-70 years |
895 (38.4) |
273 (39.4) |
622 (37.7) |
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70 years or more |
634 (27.2) |
169 (24.4) |
464 (28.1) |
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Geographic region |
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North |
307 (13.1) |
94 (14.0) |
210 (12.7) |
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Northeast |
491 (20.9) |
139 (20.1) |
352 (21.3) |
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Central-West |
338 (14.4) |
102 (14.7) |
236 (14.3) |
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Southeast |
824 (35.1) |
240 (34.6) |
584 (35.4) |
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South |
385 (16.4) |
115 (16.6) |
269 (16.3) |
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Socioeconomic Class |
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A-B (highest) |
321(13.8) |
111 (16.1) |
210 (12.8) |
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C |
753 (32.4) |
233 (33.9) |
519 (31.4) |
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D-E (lowest) |
1252 (49.4) |
344 (49.6) |
562 (34.0) |
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Nutritional State |
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Malnutrition |
66 (2.9) |
16 (2.5) |
50 (3.0) |
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Normality |
887 (39.4) |
247 (37.1) |
640 (40.4) |
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Overweight |
840 (37.3) |
281 (42.3) |
558 (35.2) |
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Obesity |
459 (20.4) |
121 (18.2) |
338 (21.3) |
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Mean (Standard Deviation) |
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Medeiros Pinheiro et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:39 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-39 |
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