Smoking and Socio-demographic correlates of BMI

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Rajeswari Sambasivam¹  Edimansyah Abdin¹  Peizhi Wang¹  Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar¹  Mythily Subramaniam¹  Siow Ann Chong¹ 

[1] Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, Buangkok Green Medical Park, 10 Buangkok View, 539747, Singapore, Singapore;

关键词: Obesity;    Smoking;    Health;    Ethnicity;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-016-3182-y

 received in 2015-11-26, accepted in 2016-06-06,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe aim of the current study was to examine the associations between Body Mass Index (BMI) and socio-demographic factors and to examine the relationship between BMI, smoking status and ethnicity.MethodsThe Singapore Mental Health Study (SMHS) surveyed Singapore Residents (Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents) aged 18 years old and above. BMI was calculated using height and weight which were self-reported by respondents. Socio-demographic characteristics and smoking status were recorded in a standardized data collection form.ResultsSix thousand and six hundred sixteen respondents completed the study (response rate of 75.9 %) which constituted a representative sample of the adult resident population in Singapore. Ethnicity, gender and education status were associated with obesity. There was an interaction effect between ethnicity smoking status, and BMI. Indian and Malay smokers were less likely to be obese compared to Chinese smokers. The relationship between ethnicity and BMI was thus reversed when smoking was taken into account.ConclusionsThe study identified certain subgroups and risk factors that are associated with obesity. There is a need for further research to explore and identify genetic, metabolic and ethnic differences that underlie the interaction between ethnicity and smoking status which affects BMI.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016