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Abbravation: Quality of Life Research

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Springer International Publishing

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10.1007/bf00664425

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1573-2649

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Body mass index and healthrelated quality of life

Authors: Päivi E Korhonen Tellervo Seppälä Salme Järvenpää Hannu Kautiainen
Publish Date: 2013/05/19
Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-74
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Obesity is known to be associated with a range of chronic medical comorbidities but little is known about the impact of overweight and obesity on healthrelated quality of life HRQoL in persons without chronic diseases The aim of this study was to assess HRQoL body mass index BMI and health behavior patterns in a community sample of subjects who had no longlasting medical comorbiditiesWe assessed HRQoL in 1187 apparently healthy individuals mean age 57 ± 7 years of whom 24  were classified as normal weight 49  as overweight 20  as obese and 7  as very obese Two different instruments of HRQoL were used the generic ShortForm Health Survey SF36 questionnaire and the preferencebased instrument EuroQol EQ5DAll physical components of the SF36 decreased linearly according to BMI categories in women In men only poorer physical functioning scale showed linearity with rising BMI Scores on the mental components of the SF36 did not differ by BMI categories in either gender The EQ5D index and EuroQol visual analogue scale scores decreased linearly with rising BMI only in women

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