Obesity risk in rural, urban and rural-to-urban migrants: prospective results of the PERU MIGRANT study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although migration and urbanization have been linked with higher obesity rates, especially in low-resource settings, prospective information about the magnitude of these effects is lacking. We estimated the risk of obesity and central obesity among rural subjects, rural-to-urban migrants and urban subjects.

Methods

Prospective data from the PERU MIGRANT Study were analyzed. Baseline data were collected in 2007-2008 and participants re-contacted in 2012-2013. At follow-up, outcomes were obesity and central obesity measured by body mass index and waist circumference. At baseline, the primary exposure was demographic group: rural, rural-to-urban migrant and urban. Other exposures included an assets index and educational attainment. Cumulative incidence, incidence rat

SUBMITTER: Carrillo-Larco RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4677453 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature