Relationship of body mass index in young adulthood and health-related quality of life two decades later: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Quantitative Health SciencesDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2010-06-16Keywords
Quality of LifeBody Mass Index
Young Adult
Overweight
Obesity
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Health Services Research
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Objective: The expanding overweight and obesity epidemic notwithstanding, little is known about their long-term effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The main objective of this study was to investigate whether overweight (body mass index (BMI) 25 to <30 kg m(-2)) and obese (BMI >/=30 kg m(-2)) young adults have poorer HRQoL 20 years later. Methods: We studied 3014 participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a longitudinal, community-dwelling, biracial cohort from four cities. BMI was measured at baseline and 20 years later. HRQoL was assessed by the Physical Component Summary (PCS) and the Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores of the Medical Outcomes Study 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey at year 20. Higher PCS or MCS scores indicate better HRQoL. Results: Mean year 20 PCS score was 52.2 for normal weight participants at baseline, 50.3 for overweight and 46.4 for obese (P-trend <0.001). This relation persisted after adjustment for baseline demographics, general health, and physical and behavioral risk factors and after further adjustment for 20-year changes in risk factors. No association was observed for MCS scores (P-trend 0.43). Conclusion: Overweight and obesity in early adulthood are adversely associated with self-reported physical HRQoL, but not mental HRQoL 20 years later. International Journal of Obesity advance online publication, 15 June 2010; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.120.Source
Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 Jun 15. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1038/ijo.2010.120Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/47761PubMed ID
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10.1038/ijo.2010.120