title: Risk and protective factors for non communicable diseases in the Belo Horizonte population: Vigitel 2008.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) are the main causes of death in, having known, avoidable the Risk Factor (RF) and susceptible to intervention.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Identify the prevalence of RF and protection for NCD in the Belo Horizonte, 2008.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were analyzed from Vigitel, in Belo Horizonte, 2008. They are presented to the frequencies of RF according to gender, schooling, and calculated the p-value and the PR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Men showed more frequencie in the following RF: higher consumption of meat and milk with fats, soft drinks, abusive consumption of alcohol, drive after drinking, ex-smokers. Men presented in relation to protective factors statistically significant differences in consumption of beans and leisure-time physical activity. Women had the highest frequencies in the consumption of fruits and vegetables, protection against ultraviolet radiation, self-assessment of health as poor, and declared more morbidities such as: arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, asthma and osteoporosis. Adults with low levels of education compared with high education (reference) presented the following PR: smoke PR 2.09 (95%CI 1.43 - 3.05); consumption of 20 cigarettes and more PR 2.54 (95%CI 1.19 - 5.43); overweight PR 1.27 (95%CI 1.02 - 1.56); obesity PR 1.6 (95%CI 1.04 - 2.47); consumption of soft drinks PR 2,07 (95%CI 1.51 - 2.83); consumption of fruit and vegetable intake PR 0.53 (95%CI 0.40 - 0.72); consumption of beans PR 1.15 (95%CI 1.05 - 1.27); watch TV PR 1.33 (95%CI 1.00 - 1.77); driving after alcohol consumption PR 0.14 (95%CI 0.04 - 0.53); hypertension PR 1.75 (95%CI 1.37 - 2.24); diabetes PR 2.24 (95%CI 1.23 - 4.09).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The telephone surveys are an important method to monitor the distribution of risk and protective factors in the population and to permit to orient health promotion programs and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Nurse School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruna Mara
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Regina Tomie Ivata
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Bernal
authors.affiliation: Nurse School, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Deborah Carvalho
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Malta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065840:Protective Factors; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors