Prevalence of adiposity and associated cardiometabolic risk factors in the Samoan genome-wide association study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the prevalence of obesity-related noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and associated risk factors in a sample of Samoan adults studied in 2010 as part of a genome-wide assocation study (GWAS) for obesity related traits.

Methods

Anthropometric and biochemical data collected from n = 3,475 participants (n = 1,437 male; n = 2,038 female) aged 24.5 to <65 years were used to describe the prevalence of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia within the study sample. One way analysis of variance, χ(2) tests, and binary logistic regression were used to identify differences in disease and risk factor prevalence by 10-year age group, gender, or by census region of residence.

Results

Obesity was highly prevalent among the study sample; 64.6% of female

SUBMITTER: Hawley NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4292846 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature