Association Between Waist Circumference and Dementia in Older Persons: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
- Authors
- Cho, Geum Joon; Hwang, Soon Young; Lee, Kyu-Min; Choi, Kyung Mook; Baik, Sei Hyun; Kim, Tak; Han, Sung Won; Yoo, Hye Jin
- Issue Date
- 11월-2019
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Citation
- OBESITY, v.27, no.11, pp.1883 - 1891
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- OBESITY
- Volume
- 27
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 1883
- End Page
- 1891
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/62096
- DOI
- 10.1002/oby.22609
- ISSN
- 1930-7381
- Abstract
- ObjectiveThis study examined whether a positive association exists between waist circumference (WC) and dementia among older persons. MethodsThe study population comprised 872,082 participants aged 65 years and older who participated in a Korean national health screening examination between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2009. Adjusted hazard ratios and 95% CIs for dementia during follow-up from 2009 to 2015 were calculated according to baseline BMI and WC categories. ResultsAfter a multivariate adjustment that included BMI, the hazard ratios for dementia showed a stepwise increase according to the increase in WC categories by 5 cm from 85 to 90 cm in men and from 80 to 85 cm in women until >= 110 cm (from 1.06 [95% CI: 1.03-1.09] to 1.64 [95% CI: 1.37-1.94] in men and from 1.04 [95% CI: 1.02-1.07] to 1.58 [95% CI: 1.36-1.84] in women). The influence of the current WC category for abdominal obesity on the risk of dementia was different according to BMI; especially, the normal weight men and women with abdominal obesity had a prominent increased risk of dementia compared with those without abdominal obesity. ConclusionsAbdominal obesity, as measured by WC, was associated with significantly increased risk of dementia after adjustment for general obesity.
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