College of Nursing, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea.
College of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 19;18(24):13370. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182413370.
Examining the socioeconomic vulnerability-obesity relationship is a different approach than comparing obesity rates according to the socioeconomic level. This study explored the socioeconomic vulnerability-obesity relationship among Korean adults. This secondary analysis used data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which were collected nationwide from participants aged 30-64 years. Seven socioeconomic indicators (education level, residential area, personal income level, household income level, food insecurity, house ownership, and national basic livelihood security beneficiary status) were used to create the socioeconomic vulnerability index. The prevalence of obesity was higher in the lowest socioeconomic vulnerability index quartile than in the highest socioeconomic vulnerability index quartile (odds ratio = 1.31; 95% confidence interval = 1.13-1.52) after adjusting for gender. When developing future interventions for the prevention and management of obesity, health care providers and researchers need to consider the differences in socioeconomic vulnerability index in adults.
研究社会经济脆弱性与肥胖之间的关系是一种不同于根据社会经济水平比较肥胖率的方法。本研究探讨了韩国成年人的社会经济脆弱性与肥胖之间的关系。这项二次分析使用了来自韩国全国健康和营养检查调查的数据，该调查在参与者年龄为 30-64 岁时在全国范围内进行。七个社会经济指标（教育水平、居住区域、个人收入水平、家庭收入水平、粮食不安全、房屋所有权和国家基本生计保障受益状况）被用来创建社会经济脆弱性指数。在调整了性别因素后，社会经济脆弱性指数最低四分位数的肥胖患病率高于社会经济脆弱性指数最高四分位数（比值比=1.31；95%置信区间=1.13-1.52）。在为预防和管理肥胖制定未来干预措施时，医疗保健提供者和研究人员需要考虑成年人社会经济脆弱性指数的差异。
