Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Waist Circumference among Male and Female Adults: Findings of the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey 2014
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
;
: 207-215, 2020.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
@#Introduction:
This study examined how waist circumference (WC) varied across sociodemographic characteristics of Malaysian adults using a nationally representative data.Methods:
Data from the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey 2014 (n = 2696) was used. In the sample, 46.55% were males and 53.45% were females. The outcome variable was WC. Waist circumference was categorised into four ordinaloutcomes:
very low, low, high and very high. The explanatory variables were age, monthly individual income, education, gender, marital status, ethnicity, employment status and household location. Ordered probit models were utilised.Results:
The majority of males had a low WC (54.66%), and only a small proportion had a very high WC (0.96%). Similarly, a high proportion of females had a low WC (55.59%), and only 1.94% had a very high WC. Younger males were more likely to have a high WC than their older counterparts. Males who had monthly income of RM2000-2999 or RM3000-3999 were more likely to have a high WC compared with those who had monthly income of ≤RM999. Chinese and Indian males were more likely to have a high WC than Bumiputera males. For females, those who were married, widowed/divorced and Bumiputera were likely to have a high WC.Conclusion:
WC was associated with various sociodemographic profiles of males and females. In particular, there were positive associations between the likelihoods of having a high WC and younger age group, higher income, Chinese, Indian, and being married. Our findings provided policy makers with better information on formulating intervention measures.
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Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
Ano de publicação:
2020
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