Wang Liang, Slawson Deborah L, Relyea George, Southerland Jodi L, Wang Youfa
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70259, Johnson City, TN 37614. E-mail:
College of Public Health, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2014 Dec 18;11:E222. doi: 10.5888/pcd11.140348.
The objective of this study was to examine weight status among southern Appalachian adolescents and to identify risk factors for obesity. We analyzed baseline data from the Team Up for Healthy Living study in 2012. Overall, 19.8% of the sample was overweight, and 26.6% was obese. Boys had higher rates of overweight/obesity than girls (50.5% vs 42.3%). Being male (odds ratio [OR] = 1.79; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.39-2.29), having a mother with a high school education or less (OR = 1.39; 95% CI, 1.05-1.83), or having a father with a high school education or less (OR = 1.57; 95% CI, 1.17-2.09) was associated with a higher prevalence of obesity and a higher body mass index z score (β = 0.131, 0.160, and 0.043, respectively, P < .05). Parental education could be used to identify adolescents with a higher likelihood of obesity.
本研究的目的是调查阿巴拉契亚山脉南部青少年的体重状况，并确定肥胖的风险因素。我们分析了2012年“携手健康生活”研究的基线数据。总体而言，样本中有19.8%超重，26.6%肥胖。男孩超重/肥胖的比例高于女孩（50.5%对42.3%）。男性（优势比[OR]=1.79；95%置信区间[CI]，1.39 - 2.29）、母亲受教育程度为高中及以下（OR = 1.39；95% CI，1.05 - 1.83）或父亲受教育程度为高中及以下（OR = 1.57；95% CI，1.17 - 2.09）与肥胖患病率较高和体重指数z评分较高相关（β分别为0.131、0.160和0.043，P <.05）。父母的教育程度可用于识别肥胖可能性较高的青少年。
