北印度农村人口中与肥胖相关的健康风险:基于人口的调查
Ravi Kant1, Gaurav Karna1, Mahendra Singh2
1Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
概括
肥胖会增加非传染性疾病的风险. 腰围 (WC) 是肥胖相关健康风险的更好的预测指标,而不是农村北印度人口的体重指数 (BMI).
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 人类测量学 人类测量学.
背景情况:
- 肥胖是非传染性疾病 (NCD) 的重要危险因素,如心血管疾病和糖尿病.
- 像体重周长 (WC) 和体重与身高的比率 (WHtR) 这样的指数用于评估与肥胖相关的疾病风险.
- 了解农村人口中肥胖分布和预测指数的有效性对于有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查北印度农村人口中肥胖的流行和分布.
- 评估腰围 (WC) 和体重指数 (BMI) 在预测与肥胖相关的健康风险方面的效率.
主要方法:
- 在 उत्तराखंड德拉敦区的两个农村街区进行了一项横截面研究,涉及456名参与者.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计信息,体重,身高,血压和WC. 血液样本被分析为血糖和脂质资料.
- 统计分析,包括千平方测试,t测试和回归分析,用于评估健康风险预测工具.
主要成果:
- 31.8%的参与者被归类为肥胖,平均BMI为30.32kg/m2和WC为83.22厘米.
- 肥胖与失脂血症,高血压和糖尿病的风险增加显著相关 (P < 0.005).
- 腰围 (WC) 与BMI (AUC = 0.767) 相比,表现出更好的健康风险预测能力 (AUC = 0.973).
结论:
- 肥胖显著提高健康风险,无论具体的肥胖分类.
- 腰围 (WC) 作为一个比BMI更有效的代理指标来预测与肥胖相关的健康风险.
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