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Monique Yndawe Castanho Araujo1, Maria Carolina Castanho Saes Norberto, Alessandra Madia Mantovani
1Post-Graduation Program in Movement Sciences, São Paulo State University-UNESP, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil (Ms Araujo, Ms Moais, Ms Codogno); São Paulo State University-UNESP, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil (Ms Norberto, Dr Mantovani, Ms Codogno); Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science, Lander University, Greenwood, South Carolina (Dr Turi-Lynch); Post-Graduation Program in Movement Sciences, São Paulo State University-UNESP, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil.
Objective:
Investigate whether obesity is responsible for costs due to productivity loss (PL) in adults, during 30 months of follow-up.
Methods:
Absenteeism and disability retirement were considered as PL. For classification of obesity, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) values were considered. The statistical software BioEstat (release 5.0) was used and the significance level was set at P value < 0.05.
Results:
For the men, BMI and WC accounted for ∼60% and ∼30% of retirement due to disability (P = 0.001). For the women, this percentage represented ∼19% for BMI and ∼8% for WC, both P < 0.05. Physical activity was not a significant confounder in any of the analyses (P > 0.05).
Conclusion:
Total and abdominal obesity were responsible for increased costs from PL due to early retirement among adults aged 50 years or older.
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