Influence of tobacco consumption on the values of different overweight and obesity scales in 418,343 spanish people
[eng] Introduction and objectives: Both obesity and smoking can be considered pandemics due to their high prevalence worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of tobacco consumption and other sociodemographic variables such as sex, age, and social class on the preva...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de las Islas Baleares |
| Repositorio: | Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears |
| OAI Identifier: | medicinaBalear:AJHS_Medicina_Balear_2023v38n6p111 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/sites/oai-site/collect/medicinaBalear/index/assoc/AJHS_Med/icina_Ba/lear_202/3v38n6p1/11.dir/AJHS_Medicina_Balear_2023v38n6p111.pdf http://ibdigital.uib.es/greenstone/library/collection/medicinaBalear/document/AJHS_Medicina_Balear_2023v38n6p111 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Health Sciences |
| Sumario: | [eng] Introduction and objectives: Both obesity and smoking can be considered pandemics due to their high prevalence worldwide. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of tobacco consumption and other sociodemographic variables such as sex, age, and social class on the prevalence of obesity assessed with different scales. Material and methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional study carried out in 418343 Spanish workers in whom excess weight was assessed by applying different scales such as BMI, waist/height index, body fat estimators such as CUN BAE, and visceral fat estimators such as METS-VF, among others. The influence of sociodemographic variables (age, sex, and social class) and tobacco consumption on the prevalence of overweight and obesity was also assessed. Results: Being male, being older, belonging to a more disadvantaged social class (social class III), and being a smoker increased the risk of presenting high values in the different scales that assess excess weight. Conclusions: Both sociodemographic variables and tobacco consumption influence the prevalence of obesity determined with different scales; in the case of tobacco, this relationship is not observed if BRI and METS-VF are used. |
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