Clustering of Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases among Adolescents from Southern Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aim of this study was to investigate the simultaneous presence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases and the association of these risk factors with demographic and economic factors among adolescents from southern Brazil.

Methods

The study included 916 students (14-19 years old) enrolled in the 2014 school year at state schools in São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Risk factors related to lifestyle (i.e., physical inactivity, excessive alcohol consumption, smoking, sedentary behaviour and unhealthy diet), demographic variables (sex, age and skin colour) and economic variables (school shift and economic level) were assessed through a questionnaire. Simultaneous behaviours were assessed by the ratio between observed and expected prevalences of risk facto

SUBMITTER: Nunes HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4951139 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature