Gender and the burden of disease attributable to obesity.
In: American journal of public health, Jg. 96 (2006-09-01), Heft 9, S. 1662
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Objectives: We estimated the burden of disease in the United States attributable to obesity by gender, with life expectancy, quality-adjusted life expectancy, years of life lost annually, and quality-adjusted life years lost annually as outcome measures.
Methods: We obtained burden of disease estimates for adults falling into the following body-mass index categories: normal weight (23 to <25), overweight (25 to <30), and obese (> or = 30). We analyzed the 2000 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to obtain health-related quality-of-life scores and the 1990-1992 National Health Interview Survey linked to National Death Index data through the end of 1995 for mortality.
Results: Overweight men and women lost 270,000 and 1.8 million quality-adjusted life years, respectively, relative to their normal-weight counterparts. Obese men and women lost 1.9 million and 3.4 million quality-adjusted life years, respectively, per year. Much of the burden of disease among overweight and obese women arose from lower health-related quality of life and late life mortality.
Conclusions: Relative to men, women suffer a disproportionate burden of disease attributable to overweight and obesity, mostly because of differences in health-related quality of life.
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Gender and the burden of disease attributable to obesity.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Muennig, P ; Lubetkin, E ; Jia, H ; Franks, P |
Zeitschrift: | American journal of public health, Jg. 96 (2006-09-01), Heft 9, S. 1662 |
Veröffentlichung: | Washington, DC : American Public Health Association ; <i>Original Publication</i>: New York [etc.], 2006 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1541-0048 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2005.068874 |
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