Key result
Higher BMI most strongly correlates with obesity-related disability, followed by diabetes and hypertension.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to identify socioeconomic variables responsible for discriminating obese disabled adults from adults without this health problem in Bangladesh.
Cross-Sectional (n=900)
BMI, diabetes, hypertension, illiteracy, and physical inactivity are key factors associated with obesity-related disability in Bangladeshi adults.
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BMI screening may aid identification of obesity-related disability in Bangladeshi adults; hypothesis-generating for diabetes and hypertension roles.
The results presented here was derived in analyzing the data collected in investigating 900 adults from both urban and rural areas of Bangladesh to identify some of the socioeconomic variables responsible in discriminating obese disable adults from adults without this health problem . The sample contained 29.5% obese adults and 8.3% of them were disable. Level of obesity was significantly associated with different types of health hazard including disability. Obesity disability was predominant among females, illiterate persons, and physically inactive persons, high income group of persons and in diabetic adults. The most responsible variable for prevalence of obesity disability was level of body mass index followed by prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and illiteracy, and non-involvement in physical labor. These variables were identified by discriminant analysis.
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KC Bhuyan (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Obesity and disability (n=900). Body mass index and socioeconomic factors vs. Lower BMI and different socioeconomic status was evaluated on Discrimination of obese-disable adults from others (r = 0.850, p=<0.001). Body mass index was the most significant factor discriminating Bangladeshi adults with obesity-related disability from others (r=0.850, p<0.001), followed by the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension.
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