PMID- 23869331
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130722
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2234-0645 (Print)
IS  - 2234-0653 (Electronic)
IS  - 2234-0645 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 Jun
TI  - Characteristics of abdominal obesity in persons with spinal cord injury.
PG  - 336-46
LID - 10.5535/arm.2013.37.3.336 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics of community-dwelling spinal cord 
      injury (SCI) persons with obesity, including diet, socioeconomic factors, weight 
      reduction method, and frequency of body weight and abdominal circumference 
      measurements. METHODS: We developed a questionnaire based on 'the Fourth Korea 
      National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009'. A total of 371 
      community-dwelling SCI persons were enrolled in this study. Inclusion criteria 
      were SCI persons older than 20 years with more than 1 year elapsed since the 
      injury. Trained investigators visited SCI persons' home to complete the 
      questionnaire and measure abdominal obesity (AO) as defined by the waist 
      circumference. RESULTS: Prevalence of AO was 29.2% in SCI persons and 27.4% in 
      the general population (GP), showing no significant difference. Education showed 
      correlation with AO in both SCI persons and the GP. The injury level, type of 
      injury and income did not show any correlation with AO in SCI persons. Only 28.8% 
      and 48.8% of SCI persons measured their waist circumference and body weight 
      within the past year, respectively. Also, SCI persons with AO thought that their 
      body was less obese compared to persons with AO in the GP (p<0.001). The method 
      of weight reduction was diet modification in 53.6% of SCI persons with AO, which 
      was higher than 37.1% of persons with AO in the GP. CONCLUSION: In SCI persons, 
      obesity perception as well as socioeconomic factors correlated with AO, but these 
      were not relevant factors in the GP. Therefore, development of a specific and 
      intensive weight control program for SCI persons is necessary.
FAU - Kim, Kwang Dong
AU  - Kim KD
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Seoul National University College of 
      Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
FAU - Nam, Hyung Seok
AU  - Nam HS
FAU - Shin, Hyung Ik
AU  - Shin HI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130630
PL  - Korea (South)
TA  - Ann Rehabil Med
JT  - Annals of rehabilitation medicine
JID - 101573065
PMC - PMC3713290
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Abdominal obesity
OT  - Exercise
OT  - Health behavior
OT  - Socioeconomic factors
OT  - Spinal cord injuries
COIS- No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
EDAT- 2013/07/23 06:00
MHDA- 2013/07/23 06:01
PMCR- 2013/06/01
CRDT- 2013/07/23 06:00
PHST- 2012/07/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/11/07 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/07/23 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.5535/arm.2013.37.3.336 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Rehabil Med. 2013 Jun;37(3):336-46. doi: 10.5535/arm.2013.37.3.336. Epub 2013 
      Jun 30.