%0 Journal Article
%T Obesity and overweight prevalences in rural and urban populations in East Spain and its association with undiagnosed hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus: a cross-sectional population-based survey
%A Antonio Hern芍ndez-Mijares
%A Eva Sol芍-Izquierdo
%A Francisco Ballester-Mech車
%A Mar赤a Mar赤-Herrero
%A Juan Gilabert-Mol谷s
%A Natalia Gimeno-Clemente
%A Mar赤a Morales-Su芍rez-Varela
%J BMC Research Notes
%D 2009
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/1756-0500-2-151
%X The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obese subjects in the general population and its association with undiagnosed pathologies, such as diabetes mellitus [DM] and hypertension [HT], by taking age, gender and place of residence [rural or urban] into account.A cross-sectional population-based survey was conducted in Castell車n, East Spain in 2005每2006. The sample included 2,062 participants aged 18每94 years. Weight, height, blood pressure and glycaemia values were recorded, and information about gender, age and place of residence was obtained. Overweight, obesity, and undiagnosed HT and DM prevalences were calculated. Multiple regression analyses were done to assess the association of overweight/obesity with undiagnosed HT and DM by adjusting for age, gender and place of residence.The overall overweight, obesity, and undiagnosed HT and DM prevalences were 39.9% [95% CI:37.3每42.0], 25.9% [95% CI:24.0每27.9], 9.0% [95% CI:7.8每10.4] and 12.6% [95% CI:11.2每14.1], respectively. We identified various independent risk factors; those relating to overweight were increasing age, male gender and rural residential area, while that relating to obesity was increasing age. Compared to normal weight adults, the Relative Prevalence Ratio (RPR) for subjects who were overweight and had HT was 2.00 [95% CI:1.21每3.32]; that for obesity and HT was 1.91 [95% CI:1.48每2.46], and it was 1.50 [95% CI:1.25每1.81] for obesity and DM.Overweight and obesity prevalences, and their association with undiagnosed DM and HT, are high in our study population.In the last two decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased worldwide [1], mainly in the adult population [2], and in both developed and developing countries [3].In Europe, obesity prevalence rates have increased by 30% since the mid 80's [4], and are presently between 4.0每28.3% in men, and 6.2每36.5% in women. Diverse findings have been noted among various European countries: Eastern and Mediterranea
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