Journal article
The relation of rapid changes in obesity measures to lipid profile - Insights from a nationwide metabolic health survey in 444 Polish cities
BM Kaess, J Jóźwiak, CP Nelson, W Lukas, M Mastej, A Windak, T Tomasik, W Grzeszczak, A Tykarski, J Ga̧sowski, I Ślȩzak-Prochazka, A Ślȩzak, FJ Charchar, N Sattar, JR Thompson, NJ Samani, M Tomaszewski
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2014
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Abstract
Objective: The impact of fast changes in obesity indices on other measures of metabolic health is poorly defined in the general population. Using the Polish accession to the European Union as a model of political and social transformation we examined how an expected rapid increase in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference relates to changes in lipid profile, both at the population and personal level. Methods: Through primary care centres in 444 Polish cities, two cross-sectional nationwide population-based surveys (LIPIDOGRAM 2004 and LIPIDOGRAM 2006) examined 15,404 and 15,453 adult individuals in 2004 and 2006, respectively. A separate prospective sample of 1,840 individuals recruit..
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Funding Acknowledgements
LIPIDOGRAM project was supported by a research grant from Schwarz Pharma, Silesian Analytical Laboratories (the executive medical faculty of the study) and the The College of Family Physicians in Poland. BK's research fellowship in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, was supported by the Cardiogenics project of the European Union (LSHM-CT-2006-037593). The funding bodies had no role in study design, collection, analysis and interpretation of data, writing the report, or submitting the paper for publication.