PREVALENCE OF ABDOMINAL OBESITY AMONG MALAYSIAN WORKERS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

Authors

  • MOHD NUR IKHWAN SHAFIEE OSH Consultant
  • SITI ZAHARAH ABD RAHMAN
  • SITI NUR SARAH ZUBIR
  • HAZWAN ADLI HAMADAN
  • NOR SAHIRA SALIM
  • EVELYN TAN
  • MOHD ESA BARUJI
  • RAEMY MD ZEIN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31436/ijahs.v6i1.457

Abstract

Abdominal obesity increases the risk of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes mellitus and hypertension due to fat accumulation in the intra-abdominal area. This study used the Waist Circumference (WC) and Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) cut-off for the Asian population to test 683 male and 603 female Malaysian workers who volunteered for this study. The participants’ age is between 18 – 64-year-old.   Based on the WC, 54.3% of males and 60.9% of females are categorized as having abdominal obesity. Meanwhile, the WHR recorded a higher prevalence of abdominal obesity among females at 65.0%. On the other hand, the percentage is lower among males by 16.1%. Several associations with abdominal obesity were found with gender, ethnicity, age, marital status, and job position. Therefore, new strategies are needed to increase awareness of abdominal obesity among the Malaysian workforces.             

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Published

2022-01-01

How to Cite

SHAFIEE, M. N. I. ., ABD RAHMAN, S. Z., ZUBIR, S. N. S. ., HAMADAN, H. A. ., SALIM, N. S. ., TAN, E., BARUJI, M. E., & MD ZEIN, R. . (2022). PREVALENCE OF ABDOMINAL OBESITY AMONG MALAYSIAN WORKERS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES, 6(1), 2549–2554. https://doi.org/10.31436/ijahs.v6i1.457

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): Regular Issue

Section

Original Articles