1. Association between socioeconomic status and adiposity in urban Cameroon
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Jean Claude Mbanya, Nigel Unwin, Etienne Magloire Minkoulou, Paschal Kum Awah, George Alberti, Andre Pascal Kengne, Beverley Balkau, Léopold Fezeu, Epidémiologie cardiovasculaire et métabolique, Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Health of Population in Transition Research Group, Université de Yaoundé I, World Health Organization, Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office (OMS / WHO), Newcastle University [Newcastle], Imperial College London, De Lauzon-Guillain, Blandine, and Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
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Male ,Gerontology ,Urban Population ,Epidemiology ,Pilot Projects ,Overweight ,Body Mass Index ,0302 clinical medicine ,MESH: Obesity ,Cameroon ,030212 general & internal medicine ,MESH: Developing Countries ,Abdominal obesity ,2. Zero hunger ,MESH: Middle Aged ,Confounding ,MESH: Life Style ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,MESH: Urban Population ,Body Composition ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Waist ,030209 endocrinology & metabolism ,MESH: Multivariate Analysis ,MESH: Body Mass Index ,MESH: Social Class ,03 medical and health sciences ,medicine ,Humans ,Obesity ,Occupations ,Developing Countries ,Life Style ,Socioeconomic status ,MESH: Occupations ,MESH: Humans ,business.industry ,MESH: Adult ,MESH: Body Composition ,MESH: Cameroon ,MESH: Pilot Projects ,medicine.disease ,MESH: Male ,Social Class ,[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,Multivariate Analysis ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,business ,MESH: Female ,Body mass index ,Demography - Abstract
BACKGROUND: As the relation between socioeconomic status (SES) and obesity may depend on the stage of development of a country, this relation is assessed in adults from urban Cameroon. METHODS: A sample comprising 1530 women and 1301 men aged 25 years and above, from 1897 households in the Biyem-Assi health area in the capital of Cameroon, Yaound?were interviewed about their household amenities, occupation, and education. Weight, height, and waist circumference were measured and subjects were classified as obese if their BMI>or=30 kg/m2 or overweight if BMI was between 25.0 and 29.9 kg/m2. Abdominal obesity was defined by a waist circumference>or=80 cm in women and>or=94 cm in men. RESULTS: Of the sample studied 33% of women and 30% of men were overweight (P
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- 2005
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