Prevalence of overweight, obesity and related metabolic diseases among male public institution office workers in health check-up

Abstract

Objective To investigate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and related metabolic diseases among male public institution office workers in health check-up. Methods Total 1 018 male public institution office workers aged 23-60 underwent annual health check-up at our hospital in 2012. The data including blood pressure, waist circumference, height, body weight, serum glucose, plasma lipids and serum uric acid were analyzed. According to body mass index (BMI), the subjects were classified as: underweight(BMI<18.5 kg/m2), normal weight(18.5 kg/m2≤BMI<24 kg/m2), overweight(24 kg/m2 ≤BMI<28 kg/m2)and obesity(BMI≥28 kg/m2). Results The prevalence of overweight, obesity, central obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) were 40.9%(416/1 018), 7.9%(80/1 018), 53.0%(540/1 018), and 11.2%(114/1 018), respectively. There were significant differences in fasting blood glucose(FPG), TC, TG, uric acid(UA), systolic blood pressure( SBP) and diastolic blood pressure(DBP) levels among different groups (F=4.82, 12.09, 40.55, 6.19, 28.97 and 49.29, respectively, all P<0.01). The prevalence rate of hypertension in underweight, normal, overweight and obesity groups was 0, 11.8%, 27.4% and 37.5%, respectively; that of diabetes was 0, 1.6%, 5.5% and 10.0%, respectively; that of hyperlipidemia was 40.0%, 47.2%, 66.3% and 71.2%, respectively; that of hyperuricemia was 0, 5.0%, 13.5% and 13.8%, respectively, which showed that with the increasing of BMI , the prevalence rates of related metabolic diseases were increased(χ2=55.97, 9.65, 43.32 and 24.08, all P<0.01). And the co-morbidity rate with ≥3 diseases in 4 BMI groups were 0(0/20), 1.4%(7/502), 5.8%(24/416) and 13.8%(11/80), respectively (χ2=31.90, P<0.01). Conclusion Obesity and overweight are correlated with metabolic disorders and the obese subjects are at high risk for cardiovascular diseases. Key words: Obesity; Metabolic diseases; Body mass index