Gender and age differences in the impact of overweight on obesity-related quality of life among Korean adults
- Authors
- Song, H. R.; Park, H. S.; Yun, K. E.; Cho, S. H.; Choi, E. Y.; Lee, S. Y.; Kim, J. H.; Sung, H. N.; Kim, J. H.; Choi, S. I.; Yoon, Y. S.; Lee, E. S.; Han, J. H.; Shin, C. I.; Chang, H. M.; Bae, S. C.
- Issue Date
- Jan-2010
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Keywords
- Obesity-related QOL; Overweight; Gender; Age
- Citation
- OBESITY RESEARCH & CLINICAL PRACTICE, v.4, no.1, pp E15 - E23
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- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- OBESITY RESEARCH & CLINICAL PRACTICE
- Volume
- 4
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- E15
- End Page
- E23
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/193921
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.orcp.2009.07.003
- ISSN
- 1871-403X
1878-0318
- Abstract
- Objective: To investigate gender and age difference in impact of overweight on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Korean adults. Methods: Cross-sectional obesity-related quality of life (QOL) scores were measured by a Korean obesity-related QOL scale (KOQOL) from 448 Korean adults aged 20-80 years. A body mass index (BMI) was categorized with normal-weight as BMI < 23 kg/m(2), overweight as BMI >= 23 kg/m(2) based on the alternative cutoff points for Asians. Each gender was respectively stratified by median age, 45 years for men and 50 years for women, to examine the obesity-related QOL by age groups. Results: Women had a poorer obesity-related QOL compared to men (p < 0.001). In the younger age group, overweight women had a poorer obesity-related QOL compared with normal-weight women (p < 0.001), however normal-weight and overweight men showed no difference in obesity-related QOL. In the older age group, overweight men showed better QOL on the domains of work-related and psychosocial health than those for normal-weight men, but overweight women still suffered from work-related and routine life QOL. Conclusions: This study showed the impact of overweight on obesity-related QOL was different for gender and age group. We should consider the results to manage weight in overweight persons.
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