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Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies

BACKGROUND: The elderly are faced with health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems, which can be linked to obesity and overweight. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overwei...

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Autores principales: Nuertey, Benjamin D., Alhassan, Alabira Iddrisu, Nuertey, Augustine D., Mensah, Isaac Asimadu, Adongo, Victor, Kabutey, Clement, Addai, Joyce, Biritwum, Richard Bekoe
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0162-4
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author Nuertey, Benjamin D.
Alhassan, Alabira Iddrisu
Nuertey, Augustine D.
Mensah, Isaac Asimadu
Adongo, Victor
Kabutey, Clement
Addai, Joyce
Biritwum, Richard Bekoe
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Alhassan, Alabira Iddrisu
Nuertey, Augustine D.
Mensah, Isaac Asimadu
Adongo, Victor
Kabutey, Clement
Addai, Joyce
Biritwum, Richard Bekoe
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description BACKGROUND: The elderly are faced with health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems, which can be linked to obesity and overweight. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors amongst registered pensioners in Ghana. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among members of the national pensioners association of Ghana. 4813 pensioners took part in the study. Thirteen study centers were used in the study with at least one center per regional capital. Questionnaires, physical examinations, blood and urine sample examinations were carried out. RESULTS: Overall, 16.3% of the pensioners were obese while 30.0% were overweight. Prevalence of obesity among males and females were 8.0% and 34.5% respectively. Pensioners who were hypertensive had 1.8 times the odds (95% CI = 1.5–2.0) of being obese/overweight. Serum triglycerides levels of 2.26 mmol/L (200 mg/dL) or more, were associated with 80% chance of obesity and overweight (OR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.3 - 2.5). There was 30% increase in arthritis among obese/overweight pensioners compared to normal/underweight pensioners. Obesity and overweight pensioners were more likely to be using eyeglass (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.3–2.2) and less likely to report hearing loss (OR = 0.7, 95% CI =0.5–1.0). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of obesity among the elderly in Ghana is high. Age had an inverse linear relationship with BMI among pensioners. Hypertension, arthritis and dyslipidemia were associated with obesity among registered pensioners.
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spelling pubmed-54964182017-07-07 Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies Nuertey, Benjamin D. Alhassan, Alabira Iddrisu Nuertey, Augustine D. Mensah, Isaac Asimadu Adongo, Victor Kabutey, Clement Addai, Joyce Biritwum, Richard Bekoe BMC Obes Research Article BACKGROUND: The elderly are faced with health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, arthritis and other musculoskeletal problems, which can be linked to obesity and overweight. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors amongst registered pensioners in Ghana. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among members of the national pensioners association of Ghana. 4813 pensioners took part in the study. Thirteen study centers were used in the study with at least one center per regional capital. Questionnaires, physical examinations, blood and urine sample examinations were carried out. RESULTS: Overall, 16.3% of the pensioners were obese while 30.0% were overweight. Prevalence of obesity among males and females were 8.0% and 34.5% respectively. Pensioners who were hypertensive had 1.8 times the odds (95% CI = 1.5–2.0) of being obese/overweight. Serum triglycerides levels of 2.26 mmol/L (200 mg/dL) or more, were associated with 80% chance of obesity and overweight (OR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.3 - 2.5). There was 30% increase in arthritis among obese/overweight pensioners compared to normal/underweight pensioners. Obesity and overweight pensioners were more likely to be using eyeglass (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.3–2.2) and less likely to report hearing loss (OR = 0.7, 95% CI =0.5–1.0). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of obesity among the elderly in Ghana is high. Age had an inverse linear relationship with BMI among pensioners. Hypertension, arthritis and dyslipidemia were associated with obesity among registered pensioners. BioMed Central 2017-07-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5496418/ /pubmed/28690855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0162-4 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Nuertey, Benjamin D.
Alhassan, Alabira Iddrisu
Nuertey, Augustine D.
Mensah, Isaac Asimadu
Adongo, Victor
Kabutey, Clement
Addai, Joyce
Biritwum, Richard Bekoe
Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies
title Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies
title_full Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies
title_fullStr Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies
title_short Prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in Ghana; a cross sectional studies
title_sort prevalence of obesity and overweight and its associated factors among registered pensioners in ghana; a cross sectional studies
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28690855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0162-4
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