Body weight patterns in a country in transition: a population-based survey in Tirana City, Albania

Public Health Nutrition

Joceline Pomerleau¹  Laidon Shapo¹  Martin McKee¹  Richard Coker¹  Agron Ylli¹ 

关键词: Tirana City;    Body mass index;    Overweight;    Central obesity;    Diet;   

DOI  :  10.1079/PHN2002451

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

Objective:This paper reports the distribution and determinants of body mass index (BMI) and obesity in Tirana City (Albania).Design:Cross-sectional survey conducted in mid-2001.Setting:Tirana City.Subjects:One thousand one hundred and twenty adults aged 25 years and over (response rate 72.7%), selected using multi-stage cluster sampling.Results:Over three-quarters of male and female respondents had an excess body weight. The overall population prevalence of obesity in Tirana was estimated to be 22.0% in men and 30.9% in women. Obesity affected both genders (age-standardised prevalence in males 22.0%, females 30.9%; age-adjusted odds ratio (OR) 1.89; 99% confidence interval (CI) 1.33–2.67) and all age groups, but most particularly middle-aged women. The age-standardised overall prevalence of central obesity was 21.6% in men and 29.4% in women (age-adjusted OR 1.58; 99% CI 1.11–2.25), increasing with age (P

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