The Association Between Adiposity and Inpatient Hospital Costs in the UK Biobank Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High adiposity is associated with higher risks for a variety of adverse health outcomes, including higher rates of age-adjusted mortality and increased morbidity. This has important implications for the management of healthcare systems, since the endocrinal, cardiometabolic and other changes associated with increased adiposity may be associated with substantial healthcare costs.

Methods

We studied the association between various measures of adiposity and inpatient hospital costs through record linkage between UK Biobank and records of inpatient care in England and Wales. UK Biobank is a large prospective cohort study that aimed to recruit men and women aged between 40 and 69 from 2006 to 2010. We applied generalised linear models to cost per person year to estimat

SUBMITTER: Dixon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6535149 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature