Prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study

Abstract The study aimed to estimate prevalence and influencing factors of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity in rural areas of China. A total of 39034 participants aged 18 to 79 years were enrolled from the Henan Rural Cohort Study for the cross-sectional study. The age-standardized...

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Autores principales: Xiaotian Liu, Weidong Wu, Zhenxing Mao, Wenqian Huo, Runqi Tu, Xinling Qian, Xia Zhang, Zhongyan Tian, Haiqing Zhang, Jingjing Jiang, Yuqian Li, Chongjian Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f9281befe5c2451088e8744dbdc361792021-12-02T15:08:03ZPrevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study10.1038/s41598-018-31336-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/f9281befe5c2451088e8744dbdc361792018-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31336-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The study aimed to estimate prevalence and influencing factors of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity in rural areas of China. A total of 39034 participants aged 18 to 79 years were enrolled from the Henan Rural Cohort Study for the cross-sectional study. The age-standardized prevalence of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity were 34.97%, 16.82%, and 43.71% in the general Chinese rural adults, respectively. Gender differences were: 36.04%, 18.98%, 35.37% for men, and 34.55%, 15.42%, 49.13% for women, respectively. The subgroup analysis showed the rates of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity existed considerable disparities, but were universally high in all subgroups. Further, the study found that there were statistically significant U-shaped associations between the prevalence of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity and age groups. In addition, the prevalence of participants with both abnormal BMI and WC were even at approximate forty percent. Aging, married/cohabiting, higher per capita monthly income, and unhealthy lifestyle were independent influencing factors of overweight, general obesity and abdominal obesity. In conclusion, overweight and obesity were severe in rural China. There is an increased need for closely monitoring high risk factors and promoting healthy lifestyle to curb the obesity epidemic among rural population.Xiaotian LiuWeidong WuZhenxing MaoWenqian HuoRunqi TuXinling QianXia ZhangZhongyan TianHaiqing ZhangJingjing JiangYuqian LiChongjian WangNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2018)
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Xiaotian Liu
Weidong Wu
Zhenxing Mao
Wenqian Huo
Runqi Tu
Xinling Qian
Xia Zhang
Zhongyan Tian
Haiqing Zhang
Jingjing Jiang
Yuqian Li
Chongjian Wang
Prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study
description Abstract The study aimed to estimate prevalence and influencing factors of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity in rural areas of China. A total of 39034 participants aged 18 to 79 years were enrolled from the Henan Rural Cohort Study for the cross-sectional study. The age-standardized prevalence of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity were 34.97%, 16.82%, and 43.71% in the general Chinese rural adults, respectively. Gender differences were: 36.04%, 18.98%, 35.37% for men, and 34.55%, 15.42%, 49.13% for women, respectively. The subgroup analysis showed the rates of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity existed considerable disparities, but were universally high in all subgroups. Further, the study found that there were statistically significant U-shaped associations between the prevalence of overweight, general obesity, and abdominal obesity and age groups. In addition, the prevalence of participants with both abnormal BMI and WC were even at approximate forty percent. Aging, married/cohabiting, higher per capita monthly income, and unhealthy lifestyle were independent influencing factors of overweight, general obesity and abdominal obesity. In conclusion, overweight and obesity were severe in rural China. There is an increased need for closely monitoring high risk factors and promoting healthy lifestyle to curb the obesity epidemic among rural population.
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author Xiaotian Liu
Weidong Wu
Zhenxing Mao
Wenqian Huo
Runqi Tu
Xinling Qian
Xia Zhang
Zhongyan Tian
Haiqing Zhang
Jingjing Jiang
Yuqian Li
Chongjian Wang
author_facet Xiaotian Liu
Weidong Wu
Zhenxing Mao
Wenqian Huo
Runqi Tu
Xinling Qian
Xia Zhang
Zhongyan Tian
Haiqing Zhang
Jingjing Jiang
Yuqian Li
Chongjian Wang
author_sort Xiaotian Liu
title Prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study
title_short Prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study
title_full Prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study
title_fullStr Prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a Chinese rural population: the Henan Rural Cohort Study
title_sort prevalence and influencing factors of overweight and obesity in a chinese rural population: the henan rural cohort study
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/f9281befe5c2451088e8744dbdc36179
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