PMID: 16529056Mar 15, 2006Paper

The association between income, education, lifestyle and psychosocial stressor and obesity in elderly

Wiadomości lekarskie : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Włodzimierz StelmachWojciech Drygas

Abstract

The authors collected data with Countrywide Integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention Programme (CINDI Programme) questionnaire, in Lódź an industrial city of Poland. One of the purposes of CINDI Programme was to evaluate the impact of socioeconomic status, lifestyle and stress on health status in elderly. Obesity is a very important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), some pulmonary, neoplasmatic and motoric system diseases. The main purpose of this paper was to examine the effect of income, education, lifestyle and stress on BMI (body mass index) and WHR (waist/hip ratio) in older population of Lódź (age 65 + years). The study was conducted according to WHO standards set for CINDI Programme. The surveys were directed at random samples and sent to 1461 men and women age 65. An overall response rate was 57.1%. We have found that lower educational level and low physical activity are the predictors of obesity in our population. We have observed an inverse correlation between smoking and BMI and WHR. Stress associated with the feeling of not being able to fulfil the demands of everyday life was a strong predictor of obesity in woman. Income, family status and food habits were not associated with obesity in elderly...Continue Reading

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Cardiovascular Disease Pathophysiology

Cardiovascular disease involves several different processes that contribute to the pathological mechanism, including hyperglycemia, inflammation, atherosclerosis, hypertension and more. Vasculature stability plays a critical role in the development of the disease. Discover the latest research on cardiovascular disease pathophysiology here.

© 2021 Meta ULC. All rights reserved