%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular risk in patients with HIV/AIDS in Porto Alegre, Brazil
%A Kroll
%A Andrea Francis
%A Sprinz
%A Eduardo
%A Leal
%A Suzete Carbonell
%A Labr¨ºa
%A Maria da Gra£¿a
%A Set¨²bal
%A S¨¦rgio
%J Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
%R 10.1590/S0004-27302012000200007
%X objective: the aim of this study was to discover the prevalence of overweight, obesity and cardiovascular risk in our hiv/aids outpatients according to sex, antiretroviral therapy and other variables. subjects and methods: patients underwent an anthropometric assessment. body mass index and waist circumference were used to classify their nutritional status and their cardiovascular risk. results: the majority of the 345 patients (58.8%) were males. obesity was detected in 8.3% of them; 34.2% were overweight, and 5.2% malnourished. near half of them (51.3%) had some cardiovascular risk, with increased risk in 24.6% of them, and substantially increased risk in 26.7% of them. conclusions: overweight and obesity were highly prevalent. women were more frequently obese (or = 3.53; ic 95%, 1.47 < or < 8.69), and their cardiovascular risk was often higher (or = 6.97; ic 95%, 4.16 < or < 11.76). the prevalence of obesity and cardiovascular risk did not change according to antiretroviral therapy or other variables.
%K overweight
%K obesity
%K body mass index
%K hiv
%K acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-27302012000200007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en