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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150070
Personal Author:
Wang, Aolin ; Arah, Onyebuchi A.
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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.
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Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 12.
Pubmed ID:
26292064
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4556100
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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urn:sha256:01fd73caec72d1e3e821dc782fef39772c7af27f1638b5e885ddcc147a578a3b
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