Ozhirenie sredi bol'nykh, obrativshikhsya za meditsinskoy pomoshch'yu (dannye krupnogo otechestvennogo epidemiologicheskogo issledovaniya)
Research objective: to study obesity among 10541 patients in therapeutic, neurologik and cardiologikal practices in 29 cities of the Russian Federation from St.-Petersburg to Vladivostok (COMPASS program). All patients are divided on two groups: with obesity (average BMI=33,7+4,1 kg/m2), and without...
| Format: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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Endocrinology Research Centre
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Ожирение и метаболизм |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omet-endojournals.ru/jour/article/view/5316 |
| Summary: | Research objective: to study obesity among 10541 patients in therapeutic, neurologik and cardiologikal practices in 29 cities of the Russian Federation from St.-Petersburg to Vladivostok (COMPASS program). All patients are divided on two groups: with obesity (average BMI=33,7+4,1 kg/m2), and without this disease (average BMI=24,4+3,0 kg/m2). Groups were compared under demographic characteristics; features of a medical route; somatic and mental state. 20% from all patients in mentioned practices in various cities of Russia have obesity. Patients with obesity are predominantly women (middle age 54,0+12,0 year). For these patients low social and economic status (with low educational level, absence of employment, loneliness etc.) are characteristic. Patients with obesity are more often observe in cardiological practice. They suffer from cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. The hypothesis about obesity formation within mental disorders (depression, food addiction - dependence on food) is presented. Possibility of treatment of patients with the help of sibutramine is discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2071-8713 2306-5524 |