ADMISSIONS FOR DIABETIC FOOT IN BRAZIL (2011-2021): REGIONAL ANALYSIS AND BODY MASS CORRELATION

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https://doi.org/10.18554/reas.v14i1.8041

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Objective: Investigate hospital admissions in the period described by region in Brazil and correlate nutritional variables. Methods: Descriptive, retrospective, and quantitative epidemiological study, with data from DATASUS and SISVAN between 2011 and 2021. The variables were the number of treatments, region, year, hospitalizations, average length of stay, hospital costs, average amount spent, deaths, mortality rate, amputations, nutrition, and BMI. Results: Hospitalizations had a significant positive correlation (0.7) with overweight and obesity in all regions. The AIH increased in all regions was the lowest R² in the Midwest (0.882). There was an increase in the weight of the population (2011 to 2018), with a reduction in the percentage of underweight and adequate-weight people, the highest in the North (17.5%), the lowest in the South (11.5%), and an there was an overweight and obesity in the Northeast (19%). Conclusion: A positive correlation between nutrition and hospitalization authorization can be attested.

 

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2025-03-11

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