Prevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors for Diabetes in United States - 2005

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dc.contributor.advisorSejong Bae
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKaran Singh
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRaghbir Sandhu
dc.creatorTomer, Vikas
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T21:00:40Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T21:00:40Z
dc.date.issued2007-04-01
dc.date.submitted2014-04-03T09:42:06-07:00
dc.description.abstractTomer, Vikas, Prevalence of obesity and associated factors for diabetes in United States –2005, Master of Public Health (Biostatistics), May 2007, 27 pp, 9 tables. Diabetes is one of the major public health problems in the United States. The purpose of this research is to explore whether there is a relationship between obesity and diabetes and to understand the effects of some other associated factors on diabetes in the United States in the year 2005. The data studied is from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2005. A univariate analysis for frequency distribution was used to evaluate and edit the data. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the association of diabetes and the variables through crude and adjusted odd ratio. The result of the study showed significant association between diabetes and obesity and the associated factors among US adults. The prevalence of diabetes has been found to be highest among African Americans followed by Hispanics and Others. Our results indicate that being an obese non-Hispanic black with low income level over the age of 65 years is indicative of being at the highest risk for diabetes. Therefore, for preventive measures to decrease the risk of being overweight and obesity healthy eating habits and regular exercise are recommended. As, income level increases, there is a significant decrease in the diabetes population. The strongest predictor of all appears to be obesity followed by age. Age, gender, income level, race and BMI all had significant effect on diabetes.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/28995
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectHemic and Immune Systems
dc.subjectHemic and Lymphatic Diseases
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectNutritional Epidemiology
dc.subjectOther Public Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectrisk factors
dc.subjectdiabetes
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectassociated factors
dc.subjectBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
dc.subjectunivariate analysis
dc.subjectfrequency distribution
dc.subjectUnited States Adults
dc.subjectAfrican Americans
dc.subjectHispanics
dc.subjectincome level
dc.subjectpredictor
dc.subjectage
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectrace
dc.subjectBMI
dc.titlePrevalence of Obesity and Associated Factors for Diabetes in United States - 2005
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineBiostatistics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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