ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019
Shorter Height is Associated with Diabetes in Women but not in Men: Nationally Representative Evidence from Namibia.
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- Adult Women's Height and Non-Communicable Disease Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Association of birth weight with risk of diabetes mellitus in adolescence and early adulthood: analysis of the Indonesian Family Life Survey.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2023Article
- Inverse association between adult height and diabetes risk in a cohort study of Chinese population.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Gut microbiota is correlated with gastrointestinal adverse events of metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
- Inequalities in stunting among under-five children in Tanzania: decomposing the concentration indexes using demographic health surveys from 2004/5 to 2015/6.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
- Analysis of Attained Height and Diabetes Among 554,122 Adults Across 25 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Diabetes care · 2020Article
- Variation in health system performance for managing diabetes among states in India: a cross-sectional study of individuals aged 15 to 49 years.BMC medicine · 2019Article
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objectiveThis study aimed to test the hypothesis that attained adult height, as an indicator of childhood nutrition, is associated with diabetes in adulthood in Namibia, a country where stunting is highly prevalent.
methodsData from 1,898 women and 1,343 men aged 35 to 64 years included in the Namibia Demographic and Health Survey in 2013 were analyzed. Multiple logistic regression models were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs of having diabetes in relation to height. The following three models were considered: Model 1 included only height, Model 2 included height as well as demographic and socioeconomic variables, and Model 3 included body mass index in addition to the covariates from Model 2.
resultsOverall crude diabetes prevalence was 6.1% (95% CI: 5.0-7.2). Being taller was inversely related with diabetes in women but not in men. In Model 3, a 1-cm increase in women's height was associated with 4% lower odds of having diabetes (OR, 0.96; 95% CI: 0.94-0.99; P = 0.023).
conclusionsHeight is associated with a large reduction in diabetes in women but not in men in Namibia. Interventions that allow women to reach their full growth potential may help prevent the growing diabetes burden in the region.
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