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Prevalence and associated risk factors of general and abdominal obesity in rural and urban women in Bangladesh

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  • Farjana Islam
  • Rahanuma Raihanu Kathak
  • Abu Hasan Sumon
  • Noyan Hossain Molla

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Background: Obesity is a major public health concern worldwide including Bangladesh. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of general and abdominal obesity in rural and urban women in Bangladesh. Methods: A total of 450 adult women aged ≥ 18 years were recruited from rural (n = 210) and urban (n = 240) areas of four administrative regions (Chattagram, Dhaka and Rajshahi and Sylhet) of Bangladesh. Both socio-demographic and anthropometric data were recorded in this study. WHO proposed cut-off values were used for the Asian population for defining general and abdominal obesity. Multinomial logistic regression analysis was applied to evaluate the risk factors of general and abdominal obesity for Bangladeshi women. Results: Overall, the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity was 28% and 49%, respectively. Urban women had a significantly higher prevalence of both general and abdominal obesity (30.9% and 58.6%, respectively) than in the rural women (26.6% and 38.1%, respectively) (p

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  • Farjana Islam & Rahanuma Raihanu Kathak & Abu Hasan Sumon & Noyan Hossain Molla, 2020. "Prevalence and associated risk factors of general and abdominal obesity in rural and urban women in Bangladesh," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(5), pages 1-10, May.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0233754
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    1. Prabhdeep Kaur & Sudha Rao & Ezhil Radhakrishnan & Daniel Rajasekar & Mohan Gupte, 2012. "Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and risk factors for hypertension in a rural population in South India," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 57(1), pages 87-94, February.
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    1. Sally Sonia Simmons & John Elvis Hagan Jr. & Thomas Schack, 2021. "The Influence of Anthropometric Indices and Intermediary Determinants of Hypertension in Bangladesh," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-12, May.

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