Body Mass Index and Poor Self-Rated Health in 49 Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries, By Sex, 2002–2004

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Wang, Aolin ; Arah, Onyebuchi A.
• Description:
  This study investigated whether the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and poor self-rated health differed by sex in low-income countries and middle-income countries. We analyzed data from the World Health Survey (2002-2004) on 160,099 participants from 49 low-income and middle-income countries by using random-intercept multilevel logistic regressions. We found a U-shaped relationship between BMI and poor self-rated health among both sexes in both low-income and middle-income countries, but the relationship differed by sex in strength and direction between low-income countries and middle-income countries. Differential perception of body weight and general health might explain some of the observed sex differences.
• Subjects:
  Brief
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150070
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  26292064
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4556100
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1aa9009eb6f090162616682825043652ebaf460887ea3cf4741afbcd4a3f1a6d30fd2ed493132bf0b479fae78965867ac059d9a71a01b2c6af3400e5f9d0f90a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34230/cdc_34230_DS1.pdf
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