Titre : | Obesity. Association between socioeconomic status and adiposity in urban Cameroon. Commentary. (2006) |
Auteurs : | Leopold FEZEU ; George-Kmm ALBERTI ; Paschal AWAH ; Beverley BALKAU ; Nish CHATURVEDI, éd. ; Shah EBRAHIM, éd. ; André-Pascal KENGNE ; Debbie-A LAWLOR, éd. ; Jean-Claude MBANYA ; Etienne MINKOULOU ; Nigel UNWIN ; . YUN MI SONG, disc. ; Health of Population in Transition Research Group. Yaoundé. CMR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 35, n° 1, Janvier 2006) |
Pagination : | 105-113 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Obésité ; Facteur socioéconomique ; Pays voie développement ; Abdomen ; Epidémiologie ; Cameroun ; Afrique ; Homme ; Maladie nutrition |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS fR0xxi2z. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : As the relation between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity may depend on the stage of development of a country, this relation is assessed in adults from urban Cameroon. Methods : A sample comprising 1530 women and 1301 men aged 25 years and above, from 1897 households in the Biyem-Assi health area in the capital of Cameroon, Yaoundé, were interviewed about their household amenities, occupation, and education. Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured and subjects were classified as obese if their BMI>=30 kg/m2 or overweight if BMI was between 25.0 and 29.9 kg/m2. Abdominal obesity was defined by a waist circumference>=80 cm in women and>=94 cm in men. Results : Of the sample studied 3 3% of women and 30% of men were overweight (P |
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