title: Risk and protection factors for chronic non communicable diseases by telephone survey--VIGITEL-2009.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the risk and protection factors for non communicable diseases with data from Telephone-based Surveillance of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases (VIGITEL) in 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  The prevalence of main risk and protective factors was estimated in adults (>18 years old), by telephone surveys in a probabilistic sample of the population covered by landline telephones in Brazilian state capitals and the Federal District, stratified by gender, age and schooling.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data from 54,367 adults were collected. Smokers and former smokers represented 15.5 and 22% of Brazilian adults, respectively. Excess weight affected 46.6% of adults; 33% reported the consumption of meat with visible fat and reported 18.9% alcohol abuse. These factors were more prevalent among men and, in general, young adults and people with low schooling. The prevalence of physical activity in leisure was 18.8% (95%CI 17.4-20.1) among men and 11.3% (95%CI 10.6-12.0) among women. Physical inactivity affected 15.6% of population and increased with age. Consumption of fruits and vegetables and physical activity in leisure time were more prevalent in men and women with 12 years of schooling or more. Hypertension diagnosis was reported by 21.1% (95%CI 19.6-22.5) of men, and 27.2% (95%CI 25.8-28.5) of women. Prevalence of diabetes was 5.8%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results point to different health behavior according to gender, age and schooling of the population and reinforce the decreasing smoking trend and increasing overweight trend in Brazil.
authors: Communicable Diseases and Conditions General Coordination, Health Situation Analysis Department, Health Surveillance Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Brasília (DF), Brazil.
authors: Betine Pinto Moehlecke
authors: BP
authors: Iser
authors: Rafael Moreira
authors: RM
authors: Claro
authors: Erly Catarina
authors: EC
authors: de Moura
authors: Deborah Carvalho
authors: DC
authors: Malta
authors: Otaliba Libânio
authors: OL
authors: Morais Neto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013689:Telephone; D055815:Young Adult