PMID- 28112066
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180410
LR  - 20230616
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Print)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 8
DP  - 2017 Jun
TI  - Hypertension and diabetes prevalence among adults with moderately increased BMI 
      (23.0-24.9 kg/m2): findings from a nationwide survey in Bangladesh.
PG  - 1343-1350
LID - 10.1017/S1368980016003566 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: BMI is a proxy for fat accumulation in the body. Increased diabetes 
      and CVD risks have been observed for Asian populations at lower BMI than the 
      WHO-recommended BMI cut-off points for overweight (>/=25.0 kg/m2) and obesity 
      (>/=30.0 kg/m2). The current study aimed to quantify the increased hypertension 
      (HTN) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence in Bangladeshi adults with 
      moderately increased BMI (23.0-24.9 kg/m2). DESIGN: Data from the most recent 
      Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (2011) were analysed. Modified Poisson 
      regression models with robust error variance were used to calculate prevalence 
      ratios (PR) for HTN or T2DM by BMI category, considering BMI=18.5-22.9 kg/m2 as 
      the reference. All analyses incorporated the complex sampling design of the 
      survey. SETTING: BMI, blood pressure, blood sugar and related information were 
      collected from a nationally representative sample. SUBJECTS: Adults (n 7433) 
      aged>/=35 years. RESULTS: About 12 % of Bangladeshi adults, both male and female, 
      were within the BMI range 23.0-24.9 kg/m2 or moderately overweight. Compared with 
      the reference BMI group (18.5-22.9 kg/m2), they had an increased PR for HTN 
      (1.55-1.77) and T2DM (1.54-1.93). These increased PR are similar to those for the 
      WHO-defined overweight group (BMI=25.0-29.9 kg/m2). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings 
      support the recommendation that calls for setting the optimum BMI for Asian 
      populations to 18.5-23.0 kg/m2 for health promotion and for public health 
      interventions like leisure-time physical activity. WHO cut-off points for 
      overweight (>/=25 kg/m2) should be used to facilitate international comparisons.
FAU - Rahman, Muntasirur
AU  - Rahman M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3800-7489
AD  - School of Public Health,The University of Queensland,Level 2,Public Health 
      Building,Herston,QLD 4006,Australia.
FAU - Williams, Gail
AU  - Williams G
AD  - School of Public Health,The University of Queensland,Level 2,Public Health 
      Building,Herston,QLD 4006,Australia.
FAU - Mamun, Abdullah Al
AU  - Mamun AA
AD  - School of Public Health,The University of Queensland,Level 2,Public Health 
      Building,Herston,QLD 4006,Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170123
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Asian People
MH  - Bangladesh/epidemiology
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*epidemiology
MH  - Exercise
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Nutrition Surveys
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
PMC - PMC10261333
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BMI
OT  - Diabetes
OT  - Hypertension
OT  - Overweight
OT  - Policy
OT  - Public health
EDAT- 2017/01/24 06:00
MHDA- 2018/04/11 06:00
PMCR- 2017/01/23
CRDT- 2017/01/24 06:00
PHST- 2017/01/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/04/11 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/01/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/01/23 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1368980016003566 [pii]
AID - 00356 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980016003566 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2017 Jun;20(8):1343-1350. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016003566. 
      Epub 2017 Jan 23.