TY - JOUR

T1 - Fedmerelatererede sundhedsomkostninger vurderet ud fra måling af enten BMI eller taljeomkreds--sekundaerpublikation

AU - Højgaard, Betina

AU - Olsen, Kim Rose

AU - Søgaard, Jes

AU - Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte

AU - Sørensen, Thorkild I A

N1 - Keywords: Body Mass Index; Female; Health Care Costs; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity; Prospective Studies; Risk Factors; Waist Circumference

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Obesity is associated with increased risk of many diseases and mortality. The risk is related to body fat distribution such that abdominal obesity is associated with a greater risk than gluteo-femoral obesity. Individual cumulative health service costs were estimated in relation to waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). The analyses show that the combination of BMI and WC does not improve the identification of high-risk individuals compared with the use of WC alone. The health service costs increase by 1.24% in women and 2.08% in men pr. cm increase in WC above the normal range. Udgivelsesdato: 2009-Oct-19

AB - Obesity is associated with increased risk of many diseases and mortality. The risk is related to body fat distribution such that abdominal obesity is associated with a greater risk than gluteo-femoral obesity. Individual cumulative health service costs were estimated in relation to waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). The analyses show that the combination of BMI and WC does not improve the identification of high-risk individuals compared with the use of WC alone. The health service costs increase by 1.24% in women and 2.08% in men pr. cm increase in WC above the normal range. Udgivelsesdato: 2009-Oct-19

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

C2 - 19866505

VL - 171

SP - 3068

EP - 3071

JO - Ugeskrift for Laeger

JF - Ugeskrift for Laeger

SN - 0041-5782

IS - 43

ER -