The relationship between the body mass index and health-related quality of life of 4696 young students aged 18～25 years old
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2010.01.023
- VernacularTitle:4696例18～25岁青年学生人群体质量指数与健康相关生命质量的关系
- Author:
Yanbo ZHU
;
Fang TANG
;
Qi WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Young student;
Body mass index;
SF-36;
Health-related quality of life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2010;19(1):59-61
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the relationship between the body mass index and health-related quality of life(HRQoL) of young students aged 18～25 years old. Methods 4696 students aged 18～25 years old from nine provinces and municipalities (Jiangsu, Anhui, Gansu, Qinghai, Fujian, Boijing, Jilin, Jiangxi and He'nan) were investigated. The HRQoL of students with different body mass index were compared with rank sum test and lo-gistic regression analysis. Results Obesity and underweight students scored lower in both physical component and mental component scores of SF-36. Compared to students with normal weight, odds ratios (ORs) of impaired HRQoL among obesity students significantly increased in both physical domain (OR=1.86) and mental domain (OR=1.90), while OR of impaired HRQoL among underweight students significantly increased only in physical domain(OR=1.21). Analysis for boys and girls scparately,OR of impaired HRQoL increased in physical domain among underweight boys(OR=1.37), and increased in mental domain among overweight girls(OR=3.85). Con-clnsion Different body mass index have different impact on young students' HRQoL. Both obesity and trader-weight could reduce HRQoL. But obesity have more impact on girls' mental domain than boys, and underweight have more impact on boys' physical domain than girls.
