[Prevalence and related factors of overweight and obesity in Spanish population aged 60 years-old or older. The PREV-ICTUS study]. / Prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad en población española de 60 años o más y factores relacionados. Estudio PREV-ICTUS.
Med Clin (Barc)
; 131(6): 205-10, 2008 Jul 12.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
Data on the prevalence of obesity in elderly population in Spain are scarce. The objective of this work was to describe the prevalence of obesity and the related factors in a random sample of Spanish population aged 60 years-old or more, stratified by autonomous communities. SUBJECTS ANDMETHOD:
We analyzed the PREV-ICTUS study, a population-based study carried out between September and December 2005 in a random sample stratified by autonomous communities according to the census of inhabitants and the habitat in each community. Subjects were classified as with normal weight (body mass index [BMI] < 25 kg), overweight (BMI 25-29.9) and obesity (BMI > or = 30 kg).RESULTS:
In 6,843 subjects -mean age (standard deviation) 71.9 (7.1) years-old; 53.3% women-, prevalence of obesity was 34.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 33.3-35.5%), higher in women (38.4%; 95% CI, 36.8-39.9%) than in men (30.0%; 95% CI, 28.4-31.6%; p < 0.001), with a tendency to decrease in the older population. In total, 81.7% of the population showed overweight (BMI > or = 25). Prevalence differed among communities from 46.4% to 20.7% (p < 0.001). In the multivariate analysis, obesity was inversely related to age (odds ratio [OR] = 0.98 per each year increment), and directly to female gender (OR = 1.25), rural (OR = 1.50) or semi-urban habitat (OR = 1.38), sedentary lifestyle (OR = 1.86) and non-smoking history (OR = 1.19).CONCLUSIONS:
Obesity was present in one out of 3 individuals of this reasonably representative sample of the Spanish population in an age range, 60 years-old or more, which concentrates a high cardiovascular risk. Differences in the prevalence among autonomus communities were detected.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Sobrepeso
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Med Clin (Barc)
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article