title: [Prevalence of a set of risk factors for chronic diseases in the city of São Paulo, Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of a set of risk factors for non-transmissible chronic diseases and compare it to that found 15-16 years ago in a similar survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional household survey was carried out comprising a random sample of people aged 15-59 years in the city of São Paulo between 2001 and 2002. The total of 2,103 people answered a questionnaire and had their blood pressure, weight, height, waist and hip circumferences measured. For a third of these participants, their total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides and glucose levels were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total age-adjusted prevalences in the study age group were as follows: smoking, 22.6%; uncontrolled blood pressure, 24.3%; obesity, 13.7%; increased waist circumference, 19.7%; total cholesterol >or =240 mg/dL, 8.1%; HDL-cholesterol <40 mg/dL, 27.1%; triglycerides > or =200 mg/dL, 14.4%; and blood glucose > or =110 mg/dL, 6.8%. Smoking, uncontrolled blood pressure, high total cholesterol, low HDL-cholesterol and high triglycerides were significantly more prevalent in men than women.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalences of a set of risk factors for chronic diseases showed men to have a poorer condition than women. In comparison to the previous survey, the prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure remained unchanged but the prevalence of smoking has significantly lowered.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. marcopito@medprev.epm.br
authors.forename: Luiz Francisco
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Marcopito
authors.forename: Sérgio São Fins
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.forename: Maria Aparecida
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: Mírian Matsura
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shirassu
authors.forename: Artur Jaques
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Goldfeder
authors.forename: Marco Antonio de
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Moraes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002947:Cities / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017678:Sex Distribution