Abstract
BackgroundIn this paper, an attempt has been made to explore the relationship between height and occurrence of the non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.MethodsFor the purpose of analysis, Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2011 data was used. Bivariate analysis along with a Chi-square test was performed to examine association between height and diseases. To measure the impact of stature on diabetes and hypertension, three different logistic regression models (Model I: considering only quartiles of height, Model II: covariates of model I along with demographic variables and Model III: covariates of model II along with clinical variable) were considered.ResultsOccurrence of diabetes and hypertension was found to be inversely related with the height of participants. This inverse association was statistically significant for all three models. After controlling the demographic and clinical variables simultaneously, the odds ratio for highest quartile compared to the lowest quartile was 0.82 with 95% confidence interval (0.69, 0.98) for diabetes; whereas it was 0.72 with 95% confidence interval (0.55, 0.95) for hypertension.ConclusionsFindings of this paper indicate that persons with shorter stature are substantially more likely to develop diabetes as well as hypertension. The occurrence of non-communicable diseases like diabetes and hypertension can be reduced by controlling genetic and non-genetic (early-life and childhood) factors that may influence the height.
Highlights
In this paper, an attempt has been made to explore the relationship between height and occurrence of the non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension
The Non-communicable disease (NCD) kill more than 36 million people each year, among them 80% of NCD death occur in low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh [1]
The causal risk factors of NCD risk factors operate through intermediate risk factors such as high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose level and plasma lipid levels [2]
Summary
An attempt has been made to explore the relationship between height and occurrence of the non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. The NCDs kill more than 36 million people each year, among them 80% of NCD death occur in low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh [1]. This death toll will rise unless proper measures are taken. The causal risk factors of NCD risk factors operate through intermediate risk factors such as high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose level and plasma lipid levels [2] These are the most prevalent risk factors around the world [3]. We try to investigate this relationship in the context of Bangladesh using BDHS 2011 data
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