作者
IkeOluwapo O Ajayi, Clement Adebamowo, Hans-Olov Adami, Shona Dalal, Megan B Diamond, Francis Bajunirwe, David Guwatudde, Marina Njelekela, Joan Nankya-Mutyoba, Faraja S Chiwanga, Jimmy Volmink, Robert Kalyesubula, Carien Laurence, Todd G Reid, Douglas Dockery, David Hemenway, Donna Spiegelman, Michelle D Holmes
发表日期
2016/12
期刊
BMC public health
卷号
16
页码范围
1-13
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
Overweight and obesity are on the rise in developing countries including sub-Saharan Africa. We undertook a four-country survey to show the collective burden of these health conditions as they occur currently in sub-Saharan Africa and to determine the differences between urban and rural populations and other socio-economic factors.
Methods
Participants were nurses in two hospitals in Nigeria (200), school teachers in South Africa (489) and Tanzania (229), and village residents in one peri-urban (297) and one rural location in Uganda (200) who completed a standardised questionnaire. Their height and weight were measured and body mass index calculated. Factor analysis procedure (Principal component) was used to generate a wealth index. Univariate and multivariate analyses with binary logistic regression models were conducted …
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