Análise da relação entre a distribuição espacial das morbidades por obesidade e hipertensão arterial para o estado de São Paulo, Brasil, de 2000 a 2010

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"The increased prevalence of obesity in many countries in the last decade has resulted in increased morbidity and mortality from hyper- tension and associated complications. The objec- tive of this work is to analyze the spatial distribu- tion of obesity and hypertension in the state of São Paulo in the period from 2000 to 2010, based on hospital records and admissions from the Hos- pital Information System of the Unified Health System (HIS - SUS). Coefficients were used for the prevalence of the disease in each municipali- ty averaged out by the empirical Bayesian meth- od, enabling visualization of the spatial pattern of these morbidities in the state. The spatial de- pendence of these standards was assessed by check- ing the autocorrelation between the indicators by calculating Moran’s Index of Spatial Autocor- relation. Furthermore, the positive correlation (Pearson) between obesity and hypertension was investigated. Data and maps showed clusters of 87 municipalities where there are higher and low- er prevalence of hypertension and obesity in the location with marked autocorrelation between neighboring municipalities. The Pearson corre- lation coefficient found for these municipalities was 0.404 and suggests an association between the morbidities. The spatial analysis techniques proved useful for planning public health actions."