Evaluation of selected indicators of overweight and obesity of Roma minority in the region of South Bohemia

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/49777513:23310/15:43928191 RIV/00023001:_____/16:00059682

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Evaluation of selected indicators of overweight and obesity of Roma minority in the region of South Bohemia

Original language description

Objectives:The objective of our correlation study was tocompareselected indicators of overweight and obesity of Roma and non-Roma (majority) populationsinthe South BohemiaRegion or the Czech Republic. Methods: The following indicators were chosen for evaluation of overweight and obesity: body height and weight, waistline measurement, waist/height index, waist/hips index, BMI, total fat and blood pressure. 600 participantswere examined and interviewed in total, including 302 Roma and 298 non-Romaparticipants. Each of the participantshadapersonal examination performed by a general nurse, under hygienic-epidemiological conditions. The criteriafor inclusion of participantsinto the studywere consent with examination and age greater than18 years. Results: The statistical analysis showed that, at alevel of significance of p< 0.001, the following values differed between the Roma and non-Roma population of the South BohemiaRegion: waist/height index, waistline, total fat, body mass index (BMI),

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FQ - Public health system, social medicine

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/LD14114" target="_blank" >LD14114: Obesity and overweight in Romany minority in the Region of South Bohemia</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neuroendocrinology Letters

ISSN

0172-780X

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Volume of the periodical

36

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SE - SWEDEN

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

35-42

UT code for WoS article

000369425900006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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