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Quality of Life Research
Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research 4/2013

01-05-2013 | Brief Communication

Association of anthropometric measures with SF-36v2 PCS and MCS in a multi-ethnic Asian population

Auteurs: Maudrene L. S. Tan, Hwee-Lin Wee, Jeannette Lee, Stefan Ma, Derrick Heng, E-Shyong Tai, Julian Thumboo

Gepubliceerd in: Quality of Life Research | Uitgave 4/2013

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Abstract

Purpose

Obesity adversely affects health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Most studies have used body mass index (BMI) to measure obesity. Other measures of obesity, such as waist circumference (WC) or waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), may be better predictors of cardiovascular disease and mortality. We, therefore, examined the associations between other anthropometric measures and HRQoL in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Methods

In this follow-up study from four previous cross-sectional surveys, HRQoL was measured, at follow-up, using the Short-Form 36 version 2 (SF-36v2) questionnaire. Linear regression was used to assess the relationship between anthropometric measures [BMI, WC, waist residuals (WR) (generated by regressing WC on BMI), WHR, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and height (Ht)] and HRQoL. We compared the models’ R 2, Akaike’s information criteria (AIC), and Schwarz Bayesian information criteria (BIC) from the different models.

Results

Among 4,981 subjects, 47.6 % were men aged 50.6 ± 12.2 and women aged 49.3 ± 11.6 years. All gender-specific anthropometric measures were significantly correlated with BMI, except WR. After adjusting for known determinants of HRQoL, we found significant associations between BMI, WC and WHtR with SF-36v2 Physical Component Summary (PCS) scores in women but not men. In contrast, after adjusting for known determinants of HRQoL, WR and WHR were significantly associated with SF-36v2 Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores in men, but not women. R², AIC and BIC were similar for all anthropometric measures in the final model.

Conclusions

The associations between measures of central obesity and HRQoL differed between men and women. In women, associations were seen with SF-36v2 PCS, but measures of central obesity did not have significant associations with HRQoL after controlling for BMI. In men, an association between WC and SF-36v2 MCS was statistically significant independent of BMI. These gender differences require further investigation.
vorige artikel Health-related quality of life and healthcare utilization in multimorbidity: results of a cross-sectional survey
volgende artikel Assessing the effects of oral health-related variables on quality of life in Taiwanese adults
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Metagegevens
Titel
Association of anthropometric measures with SF-36v2 PCS and MCS in a multi-ethnic Asian population
Auteurs
Maudrene L. S. Tan
Hwee-Lin Wee
Jeannette Lee
Stefan Ma
Derrick Heng
E-Shyong Tai
Julian Thumboo
Publicatiedatum
01-05-2013
Uitgeverij
Springer Netherlands
Gepubliceerd in
Quality of Life Research / Uitgave 4/2013
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-012-0193-8

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