| Adiposity and quality of life: a case study from an urban center in Nigeria. | |
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PMID: 19717118 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine relationship between adiposity indices and quality of life (QOL) of residents of a housing estate in Lagos, Nigeria. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey employing multistep random sampling method. SETTING: Urban residential estate. PARTICIPANTS: This study involved 900 randomly selected residents of Abesan Housing Estate, Lagos, Nigeria. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Body mass index (BMI); waist circumference (WC); waist-to-hip ratio (WHR); triceps skin-fold thickness (TSFT); and abdominal skin-fold thickness (ASFT) were measured using International Standard of Anthropometric Assessment methods. QOL was assessed using Short Form-20. ANALYSIS: Data were analyzed using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. RESULT: The mean age of participants was 37.7 +/- 14.3 years, with a range of 20 to 80 years. The mean values of adiposity indices were 24.1 +/- 4.3 kg/m(2) (BMI), 11.5 +/- 5.3 mm (TSFT), 18.5 +/- 6.2 mm (ASFT), 81.8 +/- 11.2 cm (WC), and 0.89 +/- 0.1 (WHR). Although the overall mean QOL score was 72.02 +/- 11.9, women had significantly (P < .05) lower scores (70.1 +/- 5.2) than men (73.5 +/- 11.3). There was inverse correlation between QOL and each of the age and adiposity indices. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS: Quality of life of the urban-dweller Nigerians decreased with increasing body adiposity and age. This finding suggests the need to further educate the Nigerian public on the association between high body fat and poor health. |
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Authors:
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Aderonke O Akinpelu; Odunayo T Akinola; Caleb A Gbiri |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of nutrition education and behavior Volume: 41 ISSN: 1878-2620 ISO Abbreviation: J Nutr Educ Behav Publication Date: 2009 Sep-Oct |
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Created Date: 2009-08-31 Completed Date: 2009-11-17 Revised Date: 2013-01-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101132622 Medline TA: J Nutr Educ Behav Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 347-52 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Physiotherapy, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. aderonkeakinpelu@yahoo.com |
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Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Body Mass Index Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Male Middle Aged Nigeria Obesity / psychology* Public Health* Quality of Life* Skinfold Thickness Urban Population / statistics & numerical data* Waist Circumference Waist-Hip Ratio Young Adult |
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