Differences in obesity rates between people with and without disabilities and the association of disability and obesity: A nationwide population study in South Korea

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 211-218

  Oh, Moo Kyung ^a,b   Jang, Hyeongap ^a,b   Kim, Yong Ik ^a,b   Jo, Belong ^c   Kim, Yoon ^a,b   Park, Jong Heon ^b   Lee, Jin Seok ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Disabled persons; Obesity; Physically disabled

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOUTH KOREA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867435216     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2012.45.4.211     Document Type: Article

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