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Published in: Rheumatology International 9/2013

01-09-2013 | Original Article

Obesity among women may increase the risk of arthritis: observations from the Canadian Community Health Survey, 2007–2008

Authors: Gino De Angelis, Yue Chen

Published in: Rheumatology International | Issue 9/2013

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Abstract

Cross-sectional data from the 2007 to 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey were used to investigate the joint effect of obesity and female on the prevalence of arthritis. A total of 94,758 subjects (44,282 men and 50,476 women) aged 18 years or over who answered the question concerning arthritis were included, and sampling weights and design effects were taken into account in the analysis. The prevalence of arthritis among obese (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2) men was 18.0 % and 29.8 % among obese women. The adjusted prevalence ratio for obesity associated with arthritis was 1.45 (95 % confidence interval 1.39, 1.52) for women and 1.38 (confidence interval 1.29, 1.47) for men. The combined effect of obesity and female sex was more than additivity, with the relative excess risk due to the interaction being 0.21 (95 % confidence interval 0.09, 0.32). Obesity is likely to have a larger effect on women with arthritis than men.
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Metadata
Title
Obesity among women may increase the risk of arthritis: observations from the Canadian Community Health Survey, 2007–2008
Authors
Gino De Angelis
Yue Chen
Publication date
01-09-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Rheumatology International / Issue 9/2013
Print ISSN: 0172-8172
Electronic ISSN: 1437-160X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-013-2712-5

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