Original Article - 47 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0104-07072015000470014
HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT HYPERTENSION
Nayara Paula Fernandes Martins1, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares2
Doctoral student of the Health Care Graduate Program of the Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM). Substitute Professor of the Department of Social Medicine of UFTM. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. E-mail:
[email protected] 2 Ph.D. in Nursing. Associate Professor of the Department of Nursing in Education and Community Health of UFTM. Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. E-mail:
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ABSTRACT: The objective was to describe socioeconomic, demographic and morbidity and compare the prevalence and odds of prevalence of health behaviors, overweight, abdominal circumference and indicative of depression among those with and without hypertension. It is cross-sectional study of rural elderly. We conducted descriptive analysis, chi-square test and multiple binary logistic regression (p
