%0 Journal Article
%T The Prevalence and Associated Factors of Central obesity in Northern Iran
%A G Veghari
%A M Sedaghat
%A H Joshaghani
%A A Hoseini
%J Iranian Cardiovascular Research Journal
%D 2010
%I 
%X Background: The main objective of this study was to evaluate theprevalence of central obesity and some related factors in the north of Iran(Golestan province) in 2006.Method: This was a population ¨Cbased cross-sectional study that comprised2471 subjects (1250 males and 1221 female), using stratified cluster sampling.Interviewers recorded the data using the multidimensional questionnaire andanthropometric indexes. Waist circumference ¡Ý102 and ¡Ý88 cm categorized ascentral obesity for men and women respectively. SPSS 16.0 software was used forstatistical analysis.Results: The mean and standard deviation of age was 39.2¡À14.28 years andwaist circumference was 87.1¡À13.7 cm in men and 90.2¡À15.8 cm in women,respectively. In total, the prevalence of central obesity was 32.01% and it wassignificantly higher in women (57.2%) than in men (15.8%), in urban area (40.5%)than in rural areas (31.9%) and in uneducated people (52.3%) than in collegeeducated people (19.9) (P=0.001). Logistic regression analysis revealed thatcentral obesity was significantly associated with age, urbanization, parity andilliteracy (P<0.05).Conclusion: Central obesity was the most serious health problem in thenorth of Iran and it was more prevalent in women than men. Socio-demographicfactors such as younger age (between 15-25 and 25-35 years), urbanization,marital status and illiteracy were associated with central obesity. Furtherstudies are necessary to establish the association between central obesity andracial differences in this area.
%K Central obesity
%K Adults-Socio-demographic
%K Iran
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