OBJECTIVE: To compare the metabolic and anthropometric profile of Gavião
Kyikatêje indigenous people living in the Mãe Maria Indigenous Reserve (Pará) in
2007 and 2022. METHOD: In this crosssectional study, 316 Gavião Kyikatejê
indigenous people were evaluated, 174 of them women and 142 men, aged 18 years
or over in the years 2007 and 2022. During the physical examination, blood pressure,
weight, height and waist circumference were obtained. Blood samples were collected
to measure triglycerides, total cholesterol and blood glucose, respecting the minimum
fasting time of 9 hours. In the data analysis, the proportions of the biological variables
(BMI, WC, dyslipidemia, blood glucose levels and arterial hypertension) were
compared using the chisquare test, using the SPSS for Windows software (version
17.0). The project was approved by the research ethics committee of the Nucleus of
Tropical Medicine (NMT) at UFPA and by the National Research Ethics Committee
(CONEP). RESULTS: The prevalence of overweight (30.4% versus 39.8%) and
obesity (26.8% versus 37.4%) increased significantly from 2007 to 2022. The
prevalence of abdominal obesity (74% versus 70.1%) did not change between the
same period. Type 2 diabetes mellitus was found in 5.1% and 15.4% and
dyslipidemia in 37.2% and 56% between 2007 and 2022, respectively.
CONCLUSION: Considerable metabolic and anthropometric alterations were
observed among the Gavião Kyikatêje indigenous people during the study periods. In
this sense, these results point to the need for strategies to prevent and control
excess weight, increase in dyslipidemia and diabetes in this ethnic group.
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