The level of education category can influence in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors of teachers?

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Renata Aparecida Rodrigues de
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Moreira, Osvaldo Costa, Mota Júnior, Rômulo José, Marins, João Carlos Bouzas
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Qualidade de Vida
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.utfpr.edu.br/rbqv/article/view/9562
• topic: Educação Física; Doenças cardiovasculares; Fatores de risco; Professores.; Cardiovascular diseases; Risk factors; Teachers.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the cardiovascular risk among teachers of basic education (public and private) and higher education of Viçosa-MG.METHODS: An observational study was carried out with a cross-sectional design in 495 teachers (145 from higher education, 200 from public basic education and 150 from private basic education). Body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), body fat percentage (% BF), systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), glucose, total cholesterol and triglycerides were evaluated. The Odds Ratio (OR) was used to determine the strength of association between risk factors according to the group of teachers.RESULTS: In relation to the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, it was found that teachers of public basic education obtained the highest percentages (diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension), except for the overweight that presented higher among higher education teachers. Both teachers of basic education presented higher risk of obesity (public: OR= 2.54; p= 0.008, private: OR= 2.43; p= 0.017) and hypercholesterolemia in public school teachers (OR= 3.94; p= 0.006) in relation to higher education teachers.CONCLUSIONS: The teachers of public basic education presented the highest prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors. In addition, they indicated more risks of obesity and hypercholesterolemia compared to those of higher education.