Table 2 Distribution of the adult Xavante population, from the Indian Reservations of São Marcos and Sangradouro/Volta Grande, by gender, age-group and nutritional status, 2008–2012
From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the Brazilian Xavante indigenous population
Gender | Nutritional status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight | Euthropic | Weight excess | Total | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Men | ||||
20–39 years | – | 34 (12.9) | 229 (87.1) | 263 (57.5) |
40–59 years | – | 10 (9.1) | 100 (90.9) | 110 (24.1) |
≥60 years | 7 (8.3) | 35 (41.7) | 42 (50.0 | 84 (18.4) |
Sub-total | 7 (1.5) | 79 (17.3) | 371 (81.2) | 457 (49.1) |
Women | ||||
20–39 years | 1 (0.4) | 24 (8.9) | 245 (90.7) | 270 (56.8) |
40–59 years | – | 7 (7.0) | 93 (93.0) | 100 (21.1) |
≥60 years | 13 (12.4) | 41 (39.0) | 51 (48.6) | 105 (22.1) |
Sub-total | 14 (2.9) | 72 (15.2) | 389 (81.9) | 475 (50.9) |
General | ||||
20–39 years | 1 (0.2) | 58 (10.9) | 474 (88.9) | 533 (57.2) |
40–59 years | – | 17 (8.1) | 193 (91.9) | 210 (22.5) |
≥60 years | 20 (10.6) | 76 (40.2) | 93 (49.2) | 189 (20.3) |
Total | 21 (2.3) | 151 (16.2) | 760 (81.5) | 932 (100.0) |