Association between race, obesity and diabetes in elderly community dwellers: data from the FIBRA study.
This study sought to investigate the effect of race on measures of body fat (body mass index - BMI, waist circumference - WC and waist-hip ratio - WHR), as well as its relationship with diabetes, among elderly individuals living in urban areas in seven places in Brazil, according to gender. This is a cross-sectional study carried out with a probabilistic sample comprising 2,566 individuals with 65 years of age or more who participated in the FIBRA Study (Frailty in Elderly Brazilians). We used several self-reported sociodemographic variables (gender, age, race, schooling and family income), anthropometric measures of general (BMI) and abdominal obesity (WC and WHR) and self-reported diabetes. Adjusting for schooling and income, white race was associated with higher WC values (p = 0.001) and WHR (p > 0.001) for male gender, regardless of diabetes status. However, when we considered only diabetic individuals, black race became associated with general (BMI) (p = 0.007) and central obesity (CC) (p > 0.001), only among women.
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.
Maria Clara
MC
Moretto
Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Anne Marie
AM
Fontaine
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.
Cássia de Almeida Merlo Sarzedo
CA
Garcia
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.
Anita Liberalesso
AL
Neri
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.
Maria Elena
ME
Guariento
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio