Association of obesity and fat distribution in the Finnish population

• Main Author: Lawson, Tom
• Other Authors: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Helsingin yliopisto, Valtiotieteellinen tiedekunta, Matematiikan ja tilastotieteen laitos, Helsingfors universitet, Statsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Matematiska och statistiska institutionen
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Voit; karelia*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/11071

Only abstract. Paper copies of master’s theses are listed in the Helka database (http://www.helsinki.fi/helka). Electronic copies of master’s theses are either available as open access or only on thesis terminals in the Helsinki University Library. Vain tiivistelmä. Sidottujen gradujen saatavuuden voit tarkistaa Helka-tietokannasta (http://www.helsinki.fi/helka). Digitaaliset gradut voivat olla luettavissa avoimesti verkossa tai rajoitetusti kirjaston opinnäytekioskeilla. Endast sammandrag. Inbundna avhandlingar kan sökas i Helka-databasen (http://www.helsinki.fi/helka). Elektroniska kopior av avhandlingar finns antingen öppet på nätet eller endast tillgängliga i bibliotekets avhandlingsterminaler. Body weight is closely related to several known cardiovascular risk factors and may also have an independent effect on the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The cardiovascular risk factor levels of the Finnish population have been assessed in Finland since 1972, though in the beginning the surveys were done to evaluate the North Karelia Project, which was a community-based preventive program and a National cardiovascular risk factors monitoring system was developed to assess the effectiveness of the national strategy. The purpose of this report was to examine cross-sectional data to assess the independent contribution of Body mass index (BMI) and Waist-hip-ratio (WHR) to the risk of Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and to find out the importance of WHR for the incidence of chronic diseases in 4110 Finnish men and 4084 Finnish women between the ages 25-74 years old who were participants in the 1997 examinations of FINMONICA-Project and were not treated for with cardiovascular medication. BMI was used as a measure of obesity and WHR as fat distribution measurements and both were adjusted for age, on cholesterols, and blood pressures in separate models for men and women in the data. Obesity were estimated from body weight, height and the body fat from skinfold-thickness measurements. The analysis is confined to the ...