Trends in the prevalence of obesity among Belgian men at work, 1977-1992
OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in average body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of:obesity between 1977 and 1992, in middle-aged Belgian men at work, SUBJECTS: A subsample of men at work, aged 40-54y extracted from the base-line data from four independent prospective studies, each representing a per...
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ftunivlouvain:oai:dial.uclouvain.be:boreal:45051 2024-05-12T08:09:35+00:00 Trends in the prevalence of obesity among Belgian men at work, 1977-1992 Stam-Moraga, MC Kolanowski, Jaroslaw Dramaix, M. De Herauw, S De Bacquer, D. De Backer, G Kornitzer, MD UCL 1998 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/45051 https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0800716 eng eng Stockton Press boreal:45051 http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/45051 doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0800716 urn:ISSN:0307-0565 urn:EISSN:1476-5497 International Journal of Obesity, Vol. 22, no. 10, p. 988-992 (1998) trends obesity body mass index info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1998 ftunivlouvain https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0800716 2024-04-17T17:31:21Z OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in average body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of:obesity between 1977 and 1992, in middle-aged Belgian men at work, SUBJECTS: A subsample of men at work, aged 40-54y extracted from the base-line data from four independent prospective studies, each representing a period (Physical Fitness Study (1977-1978), Belgian Interuniversity Research on Nutrition and Health (BIRNH) (1979-1984), Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA) (1986-1991) and ORCA [1992-1993]). DESIGN: Linear regression of the average body mass index (kg/m(2)) and logistic regression of the prevalence of obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m(2)), independent variables taken into account In multivariate analysis were: age, educational level, marital status and region, RESULTS: In this subsample of Belgian men at work, aged 40-54y, prevalence of obesity increased from 9.2% in 1977-1978 to 14.5% in 1992-1993. This rise was present in each five-year age group, in both regions and in all educational groups, bur strongest in the lowest educated. After adjustment Sop sociodemographic covariables, it was estimated that with regard to 1977-1978, the proportion of men with a BMI greater than or equal to 38 kg/m(2) doubled over the 15-year period (odds ratio OR (95% confidence intervals, 95% CI)): 1.98 (1.40; 2.80). CONCLUSION: Keeping ire mind that the trends have been calculated from data from four different studies, presenting some shortcomings, prevalence of obesity has increased between 1977-1992 in men aged 40-54 y at work. This rise is particularly pronounced in the lower educated groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Orca DIAL@UCLouvain (Université catholique de Louvain) International Journal of Obesity 22 10 988 992 |
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OBJECTIVE: To assess trends in average body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of:obesity between 1977 and 1992, in middle-aged Belgian men at work, SUBJECTS: A subsample of men at work, aged 40-54y extracted from the base-line data from four independent prospective studies, each representing a period (Physical Fitness Study (1977-1978), Belgian Interuniversity Research on Nutrition and Health (BIRNH) (1979-1984), Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases (MONICA) (1986-1991) and ORCA [1992-1993]). DESIGN: Linear regression of the average body mass index (kg/m(2)) and logistic regression of the prevalence of obesity (BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m(2)), independent variables taken into account In multivariate analysis were: age, educational level, marital status and region, RESULTS: In this subsample of Belgian men at work, aged 40-54y, prevalence of obesity increased from 9.2% in 1977-1978 to 14.5% in 1992-1993. This rise was present in each five-year age group, in both regions and in all educational groups, bur strongest in the lowest educated. After adjustment Sop sociodemographic covariables, it was estimated that with regard to 1977-1978, the proportion of men with a BMI greater than or equal to 38 kg/m(2) doubled over the 15-year period (odds ratio OR (95% confidence intervals, 95% CI)): 1.98 (1.40; 2.80). CONCLUSION: Keeping ire mind that the trends have been calculated from data from four different studies, presenting some shortcomings, prevalence of obesity has increased between 1977-1992 in men aged 40-54 y at work. This rise is particularly pronounced in the lower educated groups. |
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Trends in the prevalence of obesity among Belgian men at work, 1977-1992 |
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