Prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity and healthy overweight and the associated factors in southern Iran: A population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Obesity is considered a major growing threat to public health which could negatively affect the quality of life. The current cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the population-based prevalence of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) and healthy overweight (MHOW) and associated factors in southern Iran.

Methods

Baseline data from the Pars Cohort Study was analyzed. Metabolically healthy participants were identified based on the definition of the American Heart Association for the metabolic syndrome. The prevalence of MHOW and MHO and their 95% confidence intervals were estimated. Poisson regression was applied for the calculation of prevalence ratios (PRs).

Results

Gender- and age-standardized prevalences of MHOW and MHO were 6.3% (6.0

SUBMITTER: Taherifard E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10867705 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature