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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Contribution of socioeconomic status, stature and birth weight to obesity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-sectional data from primary school-age children in Cameroon
BMC Public Health, Volume 14, No. 1, Article 320, Year 2014
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Background: The pattern of obesity in relation to socioeconomic status is of public health concern. This study investigates whether the association between height and obesity in children is affected by their socioeconomic background. It also explores the relationship between high birth weight and obesity. Methods. School children, (N = 557; 5 to 12 years old) were recruited from randomly selected primary schools in a cross-sectional study including 173 rural and 384 urban children in the North West Region of Cameroon. Socioeconomic status (SES) and birth weight were obtained using a self administered questionnaire. Anthropometric measures included height, weight, BMI, waist circumference and percentage body fat. These measures were transformed into age and sex-standardized variables. Then participants were divided according to quartiles of height SDS. Results: The highest frequencies of overweight/obesity (18.8%), abdominal overweight/obesity (10.9%) and high body fat/obesity (12.3%) were observed among the tallest children from a high socioeconomic background. Univariate analyses indicate that children of high SES (39.9%), fourth height quartile (33.1%) and of high birth weight (54.8%) were significantly (p < 0.001) more likely to be overweight/obese. Multivariate analyses showed high SES (OR 8.3, 95% CI 3.9 - 15.4), fourth height quartile (OR 9.1, 95% CI 3.4 - 16.7) and high birth weight (OR 0.1, 95% CI 0.06 - 0.2) as independent predictors of overweight/obesity. Conclusions: This study confirms that children coming from a high socioeconomic background and being tall are at particular risk of becoming obese. © 2014 Navti et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Navti, Lifoter Kenneth
Germany, Munich
Klinikum Der Universität München
Cameroon, Bamenda
Catholic University of Cameroon Catuc
Ferrari, Uta
Germany, Munich
Klinikum Der Universität München
Germany, Munich
Ludwig-maximilians-universität München
Tange, Emmanuel A.
Cameroon, Bamenda
Catholic University of Cameroon Catuc
Bechtold, Susanne
Germany, Munich
Klinikum Der Universität München
Parhofer, Klaus Georg
Germany, Munich
Klinikum Der Universität München
Statistics
Citations: 29
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2458-14-320
e-ISSN:
14712458
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Cameroon