Obesity, Central Obesity, Overweight and Diabetes: Women are the Most Affected in Burkina Faso

Autor:	Pr Ag Sawadogo Apollinaire, Lanko, Yaméogo Aimé Arsène, Kyélem Carole Gilberte, Rouamba Nadège, Ag Ouéaogo S Macaire, Yameogo Tene Marceline, Sombié Issiaka, Prabo Y Joseph, é Djingri
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis business.industry Overweight medicine.disease Obesity Endocrinology Diabetes mellitus Internal medicine medicine Underweight medicine.symptom Metabolic syndrome business Body mass index Demography
Zdroj:	Journal of Women's Health Care.
ISSN:	2167-0420
Popis:	Objective: To determine the importance of obesity and analyze the relationship between general obesity and central obesity in persons with diabetes monitored in Bobo-Dioulasso teaching hospital. Methods: We used a sample of 380 persons with diabetes recruited through a study on compliance with follow-up examinations. Overweight and obesity were researched using the Quetelet index, or Body Mass Index [BMI], which is defined as the individual’s mass divided by the square of their height, as well as waist size. Univariate analysis and multivariate regression were used [p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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