[Factors associated with low cardiometabolic risk in obese women].
OBJECTIVE
To identify factors associated with low cardiometabolic risk (CMR) in obese women (O(b)W) seen at outpatient specialty clinics of SUS (Brazilian Social Security Health System), in the City of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.


METHODS
Case-control study, matched by age, of 306 O(b)W (BMI > or = 30 kg/m(2)), including 66 (21. 6%) cases - normotensive, normolipidemic and nondiabetic patients - and 240 (78.4%) controls. Secondary data were obtained from clinical records, and primary data were collected by means of a household survey and laboratory assays. Descriptive, bivariate, and conditional logistic regression analyses were conducted.


RESULTS
A positive, statistically significant association was found between low CMR and a diet containing the desirable ingestion of fruit (AOR = 20. 1, CI 95% 5.6-71.9); 1st CRP quartile (AOR = 4. 1, CI 95% 2.0-8. 3), and 3rd and 4th AdipoQ quartiles (AOR = 2.3, CI 95% 1.1-4. 8).


CONCLUSIONS
This study suggests that a diet rich in soluble fibers as well as lower levels of CRP, and higher levels of AdipoQ, encumber, retard or impede the emergence of other metabolic risk factors or metabolic diseases in O(b)W.
Costa
Maria Cecilia
MC
Escola de Nutrição, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil. marcosta@superig.com.br
Brito
Luciara Leite
LL
Batista Araújo
Leila M
LM
Lessa
Ines
I
D052242:Adiponectin / Q000097:blood*; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet / Q000592:standards*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D012016:Reference Values; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
D052242:Adiponectin; D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein