Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States.
Obes Res Clin Pract. 2019 Jan-Feb;13(1):12-15. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2018.10.002. Epub 2018 Nov 1.
We characterized the prevalence of obesity among Florida children 2-19years old using electronic health records (EHRs). The obesity prevalence for 331,641 children was 16.9%. Obesity prevalence at 6-11years (19.5%) and 12-19years (18.9%) were approximately double the prevalence of obesity among children 2-5years (9.9%). The highest prevalence of severe obesity occurred in rural Florida (21.7%) and non-Hispanic children with multiple races had the highest obesity prevalence (21.1%) across all racial/ethnic groups. Our results highlight EHR as a low-cost alternative to estimate the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in Florida children, both overall and within subpopulations.
我们利用电子健康记录(EHR)描述了佛罗里达州 2-19 岁儿童的肥胖流行情况。331641 名儿童的肥胖患病率为 16.9%。6-11 岁(19.5%)和 12-19 岁(18.9%)儿童的肥胖患病率大约是 2-5 岁儿童(9.9%)的两倍。在佛罗里达州农村地区,严重肥胖的患病率最高(21.7%),在所有种族/族裔群体中,多种族的非西班牙裔儿童肥胖患病率最高(21.1%)。我们的研究结果突出了 EHR 作为一种低成本替代方法,可用于估计佛罗里达州儿童肥胖症和重度肥胖症的总体患病率以及各亚人群的患病率。