Association between obesity and selected morbidities: a study of BRICS countries

Autor: Ankita Shukla, Abhishek Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
Předmět:
Male
Physiology
Epidemiology
lcsh:Medicine
Overweight
Logistic regression
Global Health
Body Mass Index
Russia
South Africa
Risk Factors
Odds Ratio
Prevalence
Medicine and Health Sciences
Clinical Epidemiology
Public and Occupational Health
lcsh:Science
Stroke
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Multinomial logistic regression
Multidisciplinary
Middle Aged
Socioeconomic Aspects of Health
Physiological Parameters
Female
medicine.symptom
Behavioral and Social Aspects of Health
Research Article
China
India
Context (language use)
Environmental health
Diabetes mellitus
medicine
Humans
Obesity
Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
Nutrition
Lifecourse Epidemiology
business.industry
Body Weight
lcsh:R
Biology and Life Sciences
Odds ratio
medicine.disease
Health Care
Logistic Models
lcsh:Q
Morbidity
business
Body mass index
Demography
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 4, p e94433 (2014)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Context: Over the past few decades, obesity has reached epidemic proportions, and is a major contributor to the global burden of chronic diseases and disability. There is little evidence on obesity related co-morbidities in BRICS countries.Objectives: The first objective is to examine the factors associated with overweight and obesity in four of the five BRICS countries (China, India, Russia and South Africa). The second is to examine the linkage of obesity with selected morbidities.Methods: We used data from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) survey conducted in China, India, Russia and South Africa during 2007-10. Respondents with a body mass index (BMI)>= 25 but = 30 as obese. Bivariate analysis, binary logistic regression and multinomial logistic regression are used in the analysis. The morbidities included in the analysis are Hypertension, Diabetes, Angina, Stroke, Arthritis and Depression.Results: The prevalence of obesity was highest in South Africa (35%) followed by Russia (27%), China (5%) and India (3%). The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in females as compared to males in all the countries. While the wealth quintile was significantly associated with obesity in India, Russia and South Africa, engaging in work requiring physical activity was significantly associated with obesity in China and South Africa. Overweight/obesity was significantly associated with morbidities such as Hypertension, Angina, Diabetes and Arthritis in all the four countries. In comparison, overweight/obesity was not associated with Stroke and Depression in any of the four countries included in the analysis.Conclusion: The data demonstrates a high prevalence of obesity in South Africa and Russia. Overweight/obesity was significantly associated with Hypertension, Angina, Diabetes and Arthritis.
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