Dyslipidemia May Be An Indicator for Trend of Body Weight

dc.contributor.authorHelvaci, Mehmet Rami
dc.contributor.authorAkdemir, Cihangir
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Hasan
dc.contributor.authorOzer, Cahit
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-18T20:16:35Z
dc.date.available2024-09-18T20:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.departmentHatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.endpage11en_US
dc.identifier.issn1839-0188
dc.identifier.issn1839-0196
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/9617
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000421790800004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedi+World Inten_US
dc.relation.ispartofWorld Family Medicineen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectDyslipidemiaen_US
dc.subjectexcess weighten_US
dc.titleDyslipidemia May Be An Indicator for Trend of Body Weighten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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