Prevalence of Obesity and Related Factors among Bouyei and Han Peoples in Guizhou Province, Southwest China

Ke Wang, Dingming Wang, Li Pan, Yangwen Yu, Fen Dong, Ling Li, Li Wang, Tao Liu, Xianjia Zeng, Liangxian Sun, Guangjin Zhu, Kui Feng, Junmei Miao Jonasson, Zhenglai Wu, Ke Xu, Xinglong Pang, Ting Chen, Hui Pan, Jin Ma, Yong Zhong, Bo Ping and Guangliang Shan

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 6, 1-13

Abstract: Objective: To investigate the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and associated factors in Bouyei and Han peoples. Design: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Guizhou province, southwest China in 2012, with multi-stage sampling to enroll 4551 participants aged 20 to 80 years. General and abdominal obesity were defined by World Health Organization (WHO) for Chinese. A design-based analysis was performed to evaluate prevalence of obesity and its related factors. Results: Bouyei people had a significantly lower prevalence of general obesity (4.8% vs. 10.9%, p

Date: 2015
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