Perfil antropométrico de mulheres adultas da área urbana e rural no município de Barcelos, AM Anthropometric profile of women from the urban and rural areas in Barcelos municipality. (Amazonas, Brazil)

Abstract

De um total de 203 mulheres adultas entrevistadas, foram avaliadas 175 (entre 16 a 73 anos), por meio de medidas antropométricas: peso, altura, prega cutânea tricipital (PCT), circunferência braquial (CB), circunferência muscular (CMB) e Índice de Massa Corpórea (IMC). Das mulheres analisadas, 84,0% (n=147) residiam na zona urbana e 16,0% (n=28) na zona rural. Verificou-se que o peso médio das mulheres não nutrizes residentes na área urbana foi de 54,1 kg; altura de 149,0 cm e o IMC de 24,4 kg/m², enquanto que a PCT, CB e a CMB forneceram valores médios de 19,2 mm, 27,5 cm e 21,5 cm, respectivamente. Na área rural, as mulheres apresentaram um peso médio de 50,4 kg, altura de 148,6 cm, IMC de 23,0 kg/cm² e a PCT, CB e a CMB foram 13,8 mm, 26,4 cm e 22,1 cm, respectivamente. Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa apenas nos valores médios da PCT entre as mulheres procedentes da área urbana e rural (pFrom a total of 203 adult women interviewed, 175 subjects aged 16 to 73 years were evaluated for the anthropometrics variables: weight, height, triceps skinfold thickness, mid-upper arm circumference, arm muscle circumference and body mass index (BMI). Of these women, 84,0% (147) were living in the urban area and 16,0% (28) in the rural area. Observing the mean values for non-lactating women in the urban area were: weight 54,1 kg, height 149,0 cm, BMI 24,4 kg/m², triceps skinfold thickness 19,2 mm, arm circumference 27,5 cm, arm muscle circumference 21,5 cm. For women in the rural area the values were: weight 50,4 kg, height 148,6 cm, BMI 23,0 kg/cm², triceps skinfold thickness 13,8 mm, arm circumference 26,4 cm, arm muscle circumference 22,1 cm. There was a significant difference in the average triceps skinfold thickness values between women in the rural area and women in the urban area (p<0,05). In the urban area women a 6,5% prevalence of low weight was found, a 28,2% prevalence of overweight and a 11,3% prevalence of obesity. In the rural area women low weight and obesity were found in 4%, and overweight in 16%. In this study, most women were at the upper limit of normality for BMI, with the indices of fat reserves being highest in the women of the urban area.

Keywords

• Avaliação antropométrica
• mulheres
• obesidade
• anthropometry
• women
• obesity