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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Relationship between adult stature, BMI and WHR in Backa and Banat
Tatjana Pavlica1, Verica Bozic-Krstic, Rada Rakic
1University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department for Biology and Ecology, Laboratory for Human Biology, Novi Sad, Serbia. tatjana.pavlica@dbe.uns.ac.rs
Background:
Adult height can be a marker of living conditions in early life. The aim of this study was to assess relationship between adult stature, overweight and central obesity in Backa and Banat--Vojvodina (Serbia). 4,504 adults, average age 40.62 +/- 10.74, were tested.
Methodology:
The analysis of differences in morphological variables, BMI, WHR in stature, age and educational groups was carried out using t-test and chi-square test. Models of logistic regression were used to estimate the risk (OR; 95% CI) of obesity in different stature groups.
Results:
This study showed that education was a significant factor that influences stature. Most short stature subjects had primary education. The highest percentage of those with university-level education was in the tall stature group. Among men, short stature did not correlate with overweight/obesity while a smaller correlation was observed in relation to central adiposity. It, however, had a more marked influence among women. Short stature women were more susceptible to overweight in 20-49 y age groups, and to abdominal obesity in 50-59 y age group.
Conclusion:
Short stature can potentially be an independent risk factor for developing overweight/obesity in women and to a lesser extent for central obesity of both men and women.
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