Prevalence of Overweight/Obesity and its Associations with Hypertension, Diabetes, Dyslipidemia, and Metabolic Syndrome: A Survey in the Suburban Area of Beijing, 2007

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to estimate the up-to-date prevalence of overweight/obesity in the suburban area of Beijing, China, and its associations with hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods: A cross-sectional survey in 19,003 suburban adults was carried out in Beijing, 2007. Overweight and obesity class 1, 2, and 3 were defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 25.0–29.9, 30.0–34.9, 35.0–39.9, and = 40 kg/m², respectively. Results: The age-standardized prevalence of overweight/obesity was 31.9% in the study. With increasing BMI, the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and MetS also increased. With normal body weight as reference, the adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) of hypertension for overweight and obesity class 1–3 was 2.5 (2.2–2.7), 3.1 (2.8–3.4), 3.6 (3.1–4.3), and 4.5 (4.0–5.2), respectively. The same trend was observed for diabetes and MetS. For dyslipidemia, however, participants with obesity class 2 had the highest odds ratio. Conclusion: The prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and MetS increases with increasing BMI. Overweight/obesity is an important risk factor for these diseases. To reduce the social burden of these obesity-related diseases, effective strategies for the prevention of overweight/obesity should be implemented.

Prevalence of Obesity and its Co-Morbidities: A Study Among Thattankuttai Population of Namakkal District, India

“…Jayasingh et al Shiju et al and Lei et al have has already showed positive association between increase in BMI and diabetes. [16][17][18] Overweight and obese population were less prone to anemia than that of normal and underweight population. Similar observations were found by various other authors like Malhotra et al and Bhattacherjee et al that there was a significant association between hemoglobin (Hb) level and BMI.…”

“…Similar studies conducted by Lie et al also found that prevalence of HTN was higher among over weight and obese population. 16 The percentage of diabetic patients was more in overweight and obese population than in normal weight population. Jayasingh et al Shiju et al and Lei et al have has already showed positive association between increase in BMI and diabetes.…”

Correlación de sobrepeso y obesidad con la presión arterial en adultos mayores en una unidad de primer nivel en Tabasco

“…[29][30][31][32] Al comparar con el diagnóstico de hipertensión arterial, encontramos que es la patología más reportada en nuestra población y presenta una prevalencia mayor en los sujetos con sobrepeso y obesidad (45.9 y 43.8%, respectivamente) que en aquellos con normopeso (33.3%) estos resultados son similares a los reportados por otros autores, debido a que está ampliamente demostrada la asociación entre estas dos enfermedades. 29,30,[33][34][35] Se encontró menor prevalencia de dislipidemia diagnosticada en los sujetos con sobrepeso y obesidad comparada con aquellos con normopeso, contradiciendo lo reportado por otros autores; sin embargo cabe aclarar que no podemos negar la relación existente entre la obesidad y la dislipidemia ya que en diversas unidades del Sistema Nacional de Salud no se implementan las recomendaciones debido a los costos implicados y la sobresaturación de servicios (4.4% y 9.5% respectivamente). 30,36,37 Las correlaciones lineales de presión arterial sistólica, diastólica y media con el IMC en la población adulta mayor con sobrepeso y obesidad son similares a los reportados en otros estudios.…”

“…29,30,[33][34][35] Se encontró menor prevalencia de dislipidemia diagnosticada en los sujetos con sobrepeso y obesidad comparada con aquellos con normopeso, contradiciendo lo reportado por otros autores; sin embargo cabe aclarar que no podemos negar la relación existente entre la obesidad y la dislipidemia ya que en diversas unidades del Sistema Nacional de Salud no se implementan las recomendaciones debido a los costos implicados y la sobresaturación de servicios (4.4% y 9.5% respectivamente). 30,36,37 Las correlaciones lineales de presión arterial sistólica, diastólica y media con el IMC en la población adulta mayor con sobrepeso y obesidad son similares a los reportados en otros estudios. Se ha encontrado que es el sexo masculino un factor de riesgo para la hipertensión, eventos vasculares y cerebrales.…”

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“…It was pointed out in two recent reports from China that adult men and women in China are rapidly getting very obese [1,2]. China has recently joined the world epidemic of obesity [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”