Prevalence of Obesity in Working Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women of Jalandhar District, Punjab

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ID5177328
AuthorsKawaljit Kaur Khokhar (Department of Human Genetics , Amritsar 143 005, Punjab, India), Gurcharan Kaur (0000-0002-1130-5729, Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak Dev University , Amritsar 143 005, Punjab, India), Sharda Sidhu (Department of Human Genetics , Amritsar 143 005, Punjab, India)
Year2010
Volume29
Issue1
Pages57-62
Publication date2010-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608
PublisherKamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/09709274.2010.11906249
OpenAlexW2307871205
LanguageEN
References cited3

For the present cross-sectional study, 595 women (330 premenopausal and 265 postmenopausal) subjects were selected by personal interview. A questionnaire was filled to know the required reproductive history of the subject. Obesity was assessed according to Body Mass Index, Waist-Circumference and Waist-Hip-Ratio. The prevalence of obesity was found more in postmenopausal women as compared to premenopausal women according to Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference as well as Waist-Hip Ratio. According to Body Mass Index, the prevalence was 70.30% and 75.09% in pre-and postmenopausal women, respectively. Similarly the prevalence of central obesity according to Waist Circumference was 75.15% and 89.05% in pre-and postmenopausal women, respectively where as according to Waist-Hip Ratio this prevalence was 74.54% in premenopausal women and 87.92% in postmenopausal women of Jalandhar District, Punjab

Body mass index · Circumference · Gynecology · Obesity · Obstetrics · Postmenopausal women · Waist · Waist-to-height ratio · Waist–hip ratio · Demography · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins · Dietary Effects on Health · Medicine · Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment · Internal Medicine

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