| Title | The association between self-rated health and different anthropometric and body composition measures in the Chinese population |
| Authors | Tang, Kun Zhao, Yingxi Li, Chunyan |
| Affiliation | Peking Univ, Dept Global Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Inst Med Humanities, Beijing, Peoples R China. Peking Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Beijing, Peoples R China. |
| Keywords | Self-rated Health Obesity BMI Waist Circumference Chinese WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE ADIPOSITY PREDICTOR MORTALITY WEIGHT ADULTS BMI |
| Issue Date | 2017 |
| Publisher | BMC PUBLIC HEALTH |
| Citation | BMC PUBLIC HEALTH.2017,17. |
| Abstract | Background: To analyze the strength of association between self-rated health and six anthropometric and body composition measures to explore the best indicator. Methods: Analyses were based on the cross-sectional data from the China Kadoorie Biobank Study and approximately 300,000 adults were analyzed. Logistics regression was used to analyze the association between self-rated health (good or poor) and anthropometric and body composition measures (height, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and body fat percentage, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio). Stratified analyses were undertaken to understand the effect modification of socioeconomic status on the association. Result: Odds ratio of self-rated better health had an inverted U-shape association with weight, BMI, WC and body fat, with weight levels increasing until around 73.8 and 65.7 kg for male and female, BMI around 26.8 kg/m(2), WC around 85.8 and 87.6 cm, body fat around 24.3 and 36.3%, and then declining thereafter. Height and HC also indicated a slightly inverted U-shape association. The strongest association was observed after adjustment was weight, with one standard deviation greater weight associated with 10.2% and 10.6% increased odds in male and female. Conclusions: Being underweight and overweight are both risk factors for poor self-rated health in males and females, and weight is the best indicator of self-rated health compared with other measures. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/469257 |
| ISSN | 1471-2458 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-017-4249-0 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) SSCI |
| Appears in Collections: | 医学人文学院 公共卫生学院 |
