Investigation of the relationship between body mass index and chronic diseases in the elderly of Beijing community
- VernacularTitle:北京社区老年人群超重/肥胖与慢性疾病关系的调查
- Author:
Kequn SONG
;
Qing WU
;
Yulan XIAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
body weight;
obesity;
prevalance;
chronic diseases;
epidemiology
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(11):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the incidence and distribution of over-weight and obesity and the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) and the chronic diseases in the elderly of community in Beijing. Methods The medical check-up data of 1513 elderly inhabitants randomly selected from the 134 communities in Beijing were analyzed. Results The proportions of old people with overweight and obesity were 48.9% and 12.8% respectively, and 36.5% of them were having normal body weight. The incidence of hypertension, coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes mellitus (DM), hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia and fatty liver were significantly higher in the over-weight and obese people than that of people with normal BMI. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that BMI was positively correlated highly with hyperlipidemia and fatty liver (P
