Mohsen Nematy|Ali Sakhdari|Parnian Ahmadi-Moghaddam|Maliheh Aliabadi|Masoud Kimiagar|Ali Akbar Ilaty|Mohsen Azimi–Nezhad|Mohammad Taghi Shakeri|Majid Ghayour?Mobarhan|Amirhosein Sahebkar|Gordon A. Ferns
Prevalence of Obesity and Its Association with Socioeconomic Factors in Elderly Iranians from Razavi-Khorasan Province
Mashhad University of Medical Sciences|Emam Reza Hospital|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Emam Reza Hospital|Islamic Azad University, Mashhad|Mashhad University of Medical Sciences|University of Surrey
data regarding prevalence obesity socioeconomic determinants among elderly individuals particularly iran wished determine prevalence overweight obesity freeliving elderly people relationship nutritional socioeconomic factors razavikhorasan province iran freeliving elderly persons 917 males1045 females aged 60 years recruited using cluster sampling overweight obesity evaluated using body mass index bmi subjects categorized thin bmi lt185 kgm 2 normal 185249 kgm 2 overweight 25299 kgm 2 obese 30 kgm 2 association prevalence overweight obesity socioeconomic demographic factors including gender place residence literacy type living source income use supplements past 3 months employment status examined using regression analysis distribution bmi values indicated 13 465 289 117 total population thin normal overweight obese respectively prevalence central obesity higher among iranian women men 631 vs 186 respectively regression analysis results indicated gender p lt 0001 place residence p lt 0001 literacy p 001 source income p lt 0001 significantly associated incidence overweight obesity study showed 406 elderly subjects overweight obese results reinforce need plan strategies primary prevention fastgrowing public health problem