Dyslipidemia May Be An Indicator for Trend of Body Weight
dc.contributor.author | Helvaci, Mehmet Rami | |
dc.contributor.author | Akdemir, Cihangir | |
dc.contributor.author | Kaya, Hasan | |
dc.contributor.author | Ozer, Cahit | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-18T20:16:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-09-18T20:16:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.department | Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Prevalence of excess weight is increasing with a high cost on health worldwide. Methods: The study was performed in the Internal Medicine Polyclinic on routine check up patients, and consecutive patients at and above the age of 20 years were studied to permit growth of height in youngers. Results: The study included 1068 cases (628 females) totally. There were only 19 (1.7%) cases with underweight and 307 (28.7%) with normal weight, so 69.4% (742) of cases at and above the age of 20 years had excess weight. The prevalence of excess weight increased from 28.7% (52) in the third to 63.6% (100) in the fourth decades (p<0.001), and decreased from 87.0% (94) in the seventh to 78.5% (84) in the eighth decades (p<0.05). Similarly, prevalences of hyperbetalipoproteinemia, hypertriglyceridemia, and dyslipidemia showed similar patterns of tendency with the excess weight, by increasing in the fourth and decreasing in the eighth decades of life (p<0.05 in all). Conclusion: Prevalence of excess weight and dyslipidemia are increasing by decades, particularly in the fourth decade, and this increase turns to a decrease in the eighth decade of life. So 30th and 70th years of age may be the breaking points of life, both for dyslipidemia and body weight, and dyslipidemia may be a pioneer sign for tendency of body weight. Probably decreased physical and mental stresses after the age of 30th years and debility and comorbid disorders induced restrictions after the age of 70th years may be the major causes for the changes. | en_US |
dc.identifier.endpage | 11 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1839-0188 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1839-0196 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_US |
dc.identifier.startpage | 9 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/9617 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 6 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000421790800004 | en_US |
dc.identifier.wosquality | N/A | en_US |
dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Medi+World Int | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | World Family Medicine | en_US |
dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | en_US |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess | en_US |
dc.subject | Dyslipidemia | en_US |
dc.subject | excess weight | en_US |
dc.title | Dyslipidemia May Be An Indicator for Trend of Body Weight | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |