Obesity and Related Factors in Middle-aged Adults in Chung-Hsing Village, Taiwan

以中興新村為例：中年人肥胖症與其相關因子之研究

黃金財(Kim-Choy Ng) ； 林正介(Cheng-Chieh Lin) ； 賴世偉(Shih-Wei Lai) ； 李采娟(Tsai-Chung Li) ； 李佳霙(Chia-Ing Li) ； 賴明美(Ming-May Lai) ； 陳為恭(Wei-Kung Chen) ； 劉秋松(Chiu-Shong Liu)

《Mid-Taiwan Journal of Medicine》 6卷1期 (2001/03) Pp. 36-41

https://doi.org/10.6558/MTJM.2001.6(1).6

摘要

Background. For this study, we used data collected in Chung-Hsing Village, Taiwan in May 1998 to evaluate the relationship between obesity and the related factors in middle-aged adults. Methods. Employees working for the Taiwan Provincial Government in Chung-Hsing Village, Taiwan between the ages of 40 and 64years were the candidates for this study. Only 707 volunteers completed the necessary blood tests. To determine which factors were significantly related to obesity, t-test, chi-squared analysis, and multivariate logistic regression were used.
Results. Forty percent of the subjects were men and 60.0% were women. The mean age was 50.5±6.8 years. The mean values of body mass index were 24.7±2.8 kg/m2 in men and 23.7±3.1 kg/m2 in women (p ＜ 0.01). The prevalence of obesity was 11.0% in men and 8.7% in women (p ＞0.05). After controlling the covariates, the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the significant factors of obesity were high systolic pressure and hyperuricemia.
Conclusions. The prevalence of obesity was high in middle-aged adults in Chung-Hsing Village, Taiwan. It may be important to check blood pressure and serum uric acid levels simultaneously in middle-aged obese adults.

關鍵字

高收縮壓值 ； 高尿酸血症 ； 中年人 ； 肥胖症

並列摘要

Background. For this study, we used data collected in Chung-Hsing Village, Taiwan in May 1998 to evaluate the relationship between obesity and the related factors in middle-aged adults. Methods. Employees working for the Taiwan Provincial Government in Chung-Hsing Village, Taiwan between the ages of 40 and 64years were the candidates for this study. Only 707 volunteers completed the necessary blood tests. To determine which factors were significantly related to obesity, t-test, chi-squared analysis, and multivariate logistic regression were used.
Results. Forty percent of the subjects were men and 60.0% were women. The mean age was 50.5±6.8 years. The mean values of body mass index were 24.7±2.8 kg/m2 in men and 23.7±3.1 kg/m2 in women (p ＜ 0.01). The prevalence of obesity was 11.0% in men and 8.7% in women (p ＞0.05). After controlling the covariates, the multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that the significant factors of obesity were high systolic pressure and hyperuricemia.
Conclusions. The prevalence of obesity was high in middle-aged adults in Chung-Hsing Village, Taiwan. It may be important to check blood pressure and serum uric acid levels simultaneously in middle-aged obese adults.

並列關鍵字

high systolic pressure ； hyperuricemia ； middle-aged ； obesity