Obesity, Body Mass Index, and Homicide
| Autor: | Roger W. Byard, Neil E. I. Langlois, Kimberley J. Omond |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Adolescent Population Sudden death Body Mass Index Pathology and Forensic Medicine Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Homicide Cause of Death Genetics Sharp force Humans Medicine Obesity 030216 legal & forensic medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Social isolation education Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study business.industry Australia Forensic Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Forensic science Female medicine.symptom business Body mass index Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forensic Sciences. 62:930-933 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1198 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1556-4029.13374 |
| Popis: | The body mass indexes (BMIs) of 100 randomly selected homicide cases from the files of Forensic Science SA were compared to the Australian and South Australian populations. There were 70 males and 30 females (M:F = 2.3:1; age range 18–84 years; mean 42.3 years). There was a substantially lower proportion of obese individuals in the homicide population compared to the general Australian and South Australian populations (19% [vs.] 27.9% and 30%, respectively). A second group of 144 randomly selected autopsy cases where the BMI was ≥40 kg/m2 was analyzed. There were 77 males and 67 females (M:F = 1.2:1; age range 23–78 years; mean 46.7 years). The majority of deaths were natural (N = 108), with no homicides. A negative association between obesity and homicide has, therefore, been demonstrated. Reasons for the lower numbers of obese/morbidly obese individuals among homicide victims are unclear, but may include physical protection afforded by fat padding from sharp force injuries, and relative sociodemographic isolation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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