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