IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v13y2016i10p1024-d80823.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Associations between Body Mass Index and Visual Impairment of School Students in Central China

Author

Listed:
  • Fen Yang

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China
    College of Nursing, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, 1# Huangjiahu West Road, Wuhan 430061, China)

  • Chongming Yang

    (Research Support Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA)

  • Yuzhong Liu

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Shuzhen Peng

    (Teenagers Vision Prevention and Control Center, Huangpi District People’s Hospital, 259# Baixiu Street, Wuhan 4300300, China)

  • Bei Liu

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Xudong Gao

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

  • Xiaodong Tan

    (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Wuhan University, 115# Donghu Road, Wuhan 430071, China)

Abstract

Body Mass Index (BMI) is a risk indicator for some eye diseases. However, the association between BMI and Visual Impairment (VI) was not quite certain in Chinese students. Our aim was to assess the relationship between BMI and VI with a cross-sectional study. A total of 3771 students aged 6–21 years, including 729 with VI, were sampled from 24 schools in Huangpi District of central China to participate in the study. A multistage stratified cluster random sampling was adopted. Each of the students answered a questionnaire and had physical and eye examinations. The association between BMI and VI was examined with logistic regression and threshold effect analysis. The prevalence of VI was 19.33% (729/3771). Compared to normal and underweight, overweight/obese students showed a stronger relation with VI in age- and sex-adjusted (Odds Ratio (OR) = 16.16, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 12.37–21.09, p < 0.001) and multivariable models (OR = 8.32, 95% CI: 6.13–11.30, p < 0.001). There was a nonlinear dose–response relation between levels of BMI and the prevalence of VI ( p < 0.001). A high level of BMI (≥19.81 kg/m 2 ) was associated with a higher VI prevalence (adjusted OR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.15–1.25, p < 0.001). In conclusion, the study demonstrated BMI levels were significantly associated with the prevalence of VI.

Suggested Citation

  • Fen Yang & Chongming Yang & Yuzhong Liu & Shuzhen Peng & Bei Liu & Xudong Gao & Xiaodong Tan, 2016. "Associations between Body Mass Index and Visual Impairment of School Students in Central China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-10, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2016:i:10:p:1024-:d:80823
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/10/1024/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/10/1024/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Rimmer, J.H. & Riley, B. & Wang, E. & Rauworth, A., 2005. "Accessibility of health clubs for people with mobility disabilities and visual impairments," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(11), pages 2022-2028.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Andreas Jørgensen & Christina Bjørk Petersen & Martin Eghøj & Mette Toftager, 2021. "When Movement Moves: Study Protocol for a Multi-Method Pre/Post Evaluation Study of Two Programmes; the Danish Team Twin and Cycling Without Age," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(19), pages 1-24, September.
    2. David S. Vale & Fernando Ascensão & Nuno Raposo & António Pedro Figueiredo, 2017. "Comparing access for all: disability-induced accessibility disparity in Lisbon," Journal of Geographical Systems, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 43-64, January.
    3. Mary Ann Jackson, 2018. "Models of Disability and Human Rights: Informing the Improvement of Built Environment Accessibility for People with Disability at Neighborhood Scale?," Laws, MDPI, vol. 7(1), pages 1-21, March.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:13:y:2016:i:10:p:1024-:d:80823. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.