Association of time of obesity onset with comorbidities in treatment-seeking men and women with severe obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Early obesity onset is a risk factor for specific comorbidities in adulthood, but whether this relationship is present in men and women with severe obesity is unknown. This study aimed to examine whether obesity onset in childhood or adolescence, as compared with adulthood, is associated with higher odds of comorbidities in men and women with severe obesity.

Methods

A cross-sectional study of treatment-seeking men and women with severe obesity attending a tertiary care centre in Norway, from 2006 to 2017, was performed.

Results

A total of 4,583 participants (69.13% women) were included. Almost all men (99.69%) and women (99.18%) suffered from ≥1 comorbidities. Compared with women, men were older (mean [SD]) (45.54 [12.14] vs. 42.56 [12.00] years, p <

SUBMITTER: Borgeraas H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6180708 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature