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Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey
Background: Overweight and obesity are considered as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risk factors with increasing prevalence worldwide. This nationwide study aimed to determine the socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted based on...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6064748/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30087841 http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/hpp.2018.25 |
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author | Kolahi, Ali-Asghar Moghisi, Alireza Soleiman Ekhtiari, Yalda |
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description | Background: Overweight and obesity are considered as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risk factors with increasing prevalence worldwide. This nationwide study aimed to determine the socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from the sixth round of nationwide Stepwise approach to surveillance (STEPS) survey in the 31 provinces of Iran in 2011. A total of 9878 people aged ≥20 years were selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected through three steps questionnaire including ecological, physical and biochemical measurements. We assessed body mass index (BMI), waist circumference(WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) as the main indicators of obesity. Results: In this study, the weighted prevalence of overweight and obesity were 34.5% (95% CI:33.6, 35.5) and 21.5% (95% CI: 20.7, 22.3), respectively. The mean ± standard deviation (SD)of BMI among men and women were 25.4±4.4 and 26.9±5.2 kg/m(2) respectively. Older age,living alone, having lower education level, being housewife or retired were associated with overweight and obesity (P<0.05). Urbanization was positively associated with BMI and WC.Being obese or overweight was associated with having a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight in this study was less than global rate while it was vice versa for obesity prevalence. Some socio-demographic characteristics were identified as determinants of obesity which should be considered for planning preventive and control action plans. |
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spelling | pubmed-60647482018-08-07 Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey Kolahi, Ali-Asghar Moghisi, Alireza Soleiman Ekhtiari, Yalda Health Promot Perspect Original Article Background: Overweight and obesity are considered as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risk factors with increasing prevalence worldwide. This nationwide study aimed to determine the socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from the sixth round of nationwide Stepwise approach to surveillance (STEPS) survey in the 31 provinces of Iran in 2011. A total of 9878 people aged ≥20 years were selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected through three steps questionnaire including ecological, physical and biochemical measurements. We assessed body mass index (BMI), waist circumference(WC) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) as the main indicators of obesity. Results: In this study, the weighted prevalence of overweight and obesity were 34.5% (95% CI:33.6, 35.5) and 21.5% (95% CI: 20.7, 22.3), respectively. The mean ± standard deviation (SD)of BMI among men and women were 25.4±4.4 and 26.9±5.2 kg/m(2) respectively. Older age,living alone, having lower education level, being housewife or retired were associated with overweight and obesity (P<0.05). Urbanization was positively associated with BMI and WC.Being obese or overweight was associated with having a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Conclusion: The prevalence of overweight in this study was less than global rate while it was vice versa for obesity prevalence. Some socio-demographic characteristics were identified as determinants of obesity which should be considered for planning preventive and control action plans. Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2018-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6064748/ /pubmed/30087841 http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/hpp.2018.25 Text en © 2018 The Author(s). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Kolahi, Ali-Asghar Moghisi, Alireza Soleiman Ekhtiari, Yalda Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey |
title | Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey |
title_full | Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey |
title_fullStr | Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey |
title_short | Socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in Iran: findings from a nationwide STEPS survey |
title_sort | socio-demographic determinants of obesity indexes in iran: findings from a nationwide steps survey |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6064748/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30087841 http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/hpp.2018.25 |
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