Journal article
Clustering of obesity-related characteristics: A latent class analysis from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Abstract
Measures of obesity, including body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC), do not fully capture the complexity of obesity-related health risks. This study identified distinct classes of obesity-related characteristics and evaluated their associations with BMI, WC, and percent body fat (%BF) using cross-sectional data from 30,096 participants aged 45-85 in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (2011-2015). Sixteen obesity-related …
Authors
Andreacchi AT; Oz UE; Bassim C; Griffith LE; Mayhew A; Pigeyre M; Stranges S; Verschoor CP; Anderson LN
Journal
Preventive Medicine, Vol. 153, ,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
December 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106739
ISSN
0091-7435