Anemia and central obesity in women of childbearing age in Peru: A population-based study

Roque-Aycachi J.B.; Mogollon Ramirez L.A.; Newball-Noriega E.E. · Nutricion Clinica y Dietetica Hospitalaria (2022) · DOI: 10.12873/422roque

Resumen

Introduction: Anemia and obesity are public health issues. The WHO proposed the use of the Body Mass Index for the diagnosis of obesity. However, the precision to indirectly evaluate the difference between visceral fat and lean tissue compartments is low, emerging measures such as waist circumference and waist-to-height index, that are more accurate to determine visceral fat through abdominal obesity. Objectives: To evaluate the association between anemia and central obesity in women of reproductive age. Methodology: A cross-sectional analytical study, based on data from the survey “Demographic and Family Health for the year 2019”. The sample was 11,590 women of reproductive age. Statistical analysis was performed in Stata 16.0. To determine the association between the study variables, the chi-square test and the Wald test were used. Results: It was found that 20.27% of women of reproductive age had anemia and 25.31% had obesity. The prevalence of central obesity through to abdominal circumference and waist-to-height ratio was 79.36% and 87%, respectively. It was found that the only variable associated with the presence of anemia was the urban area (p=0.048). Finally, the trend was observed that the prevalence of anemia decreases as the body mass index increases: low weight (27.26%), normal weight (22.5%), overweight (19.65%) and obesity (17.95%). Conclusion: Conclusive results were not found between central obesity and anemia.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Unión