TY - JOUR
T1 - Bodyweight, gender, and quality of life
T2 - A population-based longitudinal study
AU - Garner, Rochelle E.
AU - Feeny, David H.
AU - Thompson, Amanda
AU - Bernier, Julie
AU - McFarland, Bentson H.
AU - Huguet, Nathalie
AU - Kaplan, Mark S.
AU - Orpana, Heather
AU - Ross, Nancy A.
AU - Blanchard, Chris
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors acknowledge the contributions of Jillian Oderkirk and Kathy Easter to the research reported here. The authors also acknowledge the constructive comments and suggestions made by three anonymous reviewers. This study was supported by National Institutes of Health grants AG027129 from the National Institute on Aging and DK080277 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The funding source had no involvement in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Purpose: The objective of the paper is to describe trajectories of health-related quality of life (HRQL) associated with categories of body mass index (BMI): underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese class I, and obese classes II and III. Methods: Data come from the longitudinal Canadian National Population Health Survey. Analyses are based on data for 3,864 men and 4,745 women who were 40? in 1998/1999 and followed through 2006/2007. HRQL was measured with the Health Utilities Index Mark 3. Multilevel growth modeling was used. Results: HRQL declined with age. For men, there was a large HRQL decrement for being underweight; trajectories for all other BMI categories were very similar. For women being underweight was associated with higher HRQL at younger ages but lower at older ages. Otherwise, for women, HRQL was ordered from highest to lowest: normal, overweight, obese class I, and obese classes II and III. Conclusions: Given that excess weight is a risk factor for mortality and the development of chronic conditions, the HRQL results for men are surprising. The HRQL results for women may reflect both the importance of body image on mental health and the health effects of excess weight.
AB - Purpose: The objective of the paper is to describe trajectories of health-related quality of life (HRQL) associated with categories of body mass index (BMI): underweight, normal weight, overweight, obese class I, and obese classes II and III. Methods: Data come from the longitudinal Canadian National Population Health Survey. Analyses are based on data for 3,864 men and 4,745 women who were 40? in 1998/1999 and followed through 2006/2007. HRQL was measured with the Health Utilities Index Mark 3. Multilevel growth modeling was used. Results: HRQL declined with age. For men, there was a large HRQL decrement for being underweight; trajectories for all other BMI categories were very similar. For women being underweight was associated with higher HRQL at younger ages but lower at older ages. Otherwise, for women, HRQL was ordered from highest to lowest: normal, overweight, obese class I, and obese classes II and III. Conclusions: Given that excess weight is a risk factor for mortality and the development of chronic conditions, the HRQL results for men are surprising. The HRQL results for women may reflect both the importance of body image on mental health and the health effects of excess weight.
KW - Body mass index
KW - Health Utilities Index
KW - Health-related quality of life
KW - Obesity
KW - Trajectories
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U2 - 10.1007/s11136-011-9989-1
DO - 10.1007/s11136-011-9989-1
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21842378
AN - SCOPUS:84863634460
SN - 0962-9343
VL - 21
SP - 813
EP - 825
JO - Quality of Life Research
JF - Quality of Life Research
IS - 5
ER -