Simultaneity and aggregation of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases among brazilian adolescents
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Simultaneity and aggregation of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases among brazilian adolescents
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Fabiana Lucena Rocha,Gustavo Velasquez-Melendez
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Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of concurrency of risk factors for Noncommunicable Diseases and non-random aggregation of these in Brazilian school adolescents. Method: Descriptive study, with data from the National School Health Survey (Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar), 2015. The prevalence of concurrent risk factors was estimated: smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity and low consumption of fruits and vegetables. Aggregation was verified when the observed-expected prevalence ratio was greater than 1. The analyses were performed in Stata 15.0 software. Results: The proportion of concurrent risk factors was higher for those who had two risk factors (56.1%
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Adolescente,Asunción de Riesgos,Enfermedades no Transmisibles,NURSING