Changes in the rates of weight and waist circumference gain in Australian adults over time: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess in a single cohort whether annual weight and waist circumference (WC) change has varied over time.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study with three surveys (1) 1999/2000; (2) 2004/2005 and (3) 2011/2012. Generalised linear mixed models with random effects were used to compare annualised weight and WC change between surveys 1 and 2 (period 1) with that between surveys 2 and 3 (period 2). Models were adjusted for age to analyse changes with time rather than age. Models were additionally adjusted for sex, education status, area-level socioeconomic disadvantage, ethnicity, body mass index, diabetes status and smoking status.

Setting

The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle study (AusDiab)-a population-based, stratified-cluster survey of 11247 adults a

SUBMITTER: Peeters A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3902308 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature