ArticleBMC public health2009
Fat free mass and obesity in relation to educational level.
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- Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2013Pooled it
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- Do associations between education and obesity vary depending on the measure of obesity used? A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.SSM - population health · 2021Review
- [Relation between educational level and body composition in non-institutionalized elderly: The elderly EXERNET multi-center study.]Revista espanola de salud publica · 2017Article
- Association of obesity with socioeconomic status among adults of ages 18 to 80 years in rural Northwest China.BMC public health · 2015Article
- Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Overweight and Obesity among the Adult Population in the Balearic Islands, a Mediterranean Region.Obesity facts · 2015Article
- The population distribution of the sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) and SAD/height ratio among Finnish adults.Clinical obesity · 2014Article
- Socioeconomic position across life and body composition in early old age: findings from a British birth cohort study.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2014Article
- Education is associated with lower levels of abdominal obesity in women with a non-agricultural occupation: an interaction study using China's Four Provinces survey.BMC public health · 2013Article
- Relationship between socioeconomic and nutritional status in the Serbian adult population: a cross-sectional study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicinaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of the study was to describe the body composition of Finnish adults, especially by education, and to investigate whether fat-free mass (FFM) can explain educational gradients relating to body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).
methodsData for this cross-sectional study were based on data collected in 2000-2001 for the Health 2000 Survey. Of the nationally representative sample of 8,028 Finnish men and women aged 30 years and older, 6,300 (78.5%) were included in the study. Body composition measurements were carried out in the health examination, where FFM was assessed with eight-polar bioelectrical impedance analysis. Questions on education were included in the health interview.
resultsThe mean FFM varied by education in older (>or= 65 y.) men only. In the middle-aged group (30-64 y.), highly educated men were less likely to belong to the lowest quintile of FFM (OR 0.67, 95%CI 0.48-0.93) compared with the least educated subjects. The level of education was inversely associated with the prevalence of high BMI and WHR in middle-aged men. In women, the respective associations were found both in middle-aged women and their older counterparts. Adjustment for FFM slightly strengthened the associations of education with BMI and WHR.
conclusionsThe association between education and FFM is weak. Educational gradients of high BMI and high WHR cannot be explained by FFM.
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