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dc.contributor.authorHermann, Silke
dc.contributor.authorRohrmann, Sabine
dc.contributor.authorLinseisen, Jakob
dc.contributor.authorMay, Anne M.
dc.contributor.authorKunst, Anton
dc.contributor.authorBesson, Herve
dc.contributor.authorRomaguera, Dora
dc.contributor.authorTravier, Noemie
dc.contributor.authorTormo, Maria-José
dc.contributor.authorMolina, Esther
dc.contributor.authorDorronsoro, Miren
dc.contributor.authorBarricarte, Aurelio
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Laudina
dc.contributor.authorCrowe, Francesca L.
dc.contributor.authorKhaw, Kay-Tee
dc.contributor.authorWareham, Nicholas J.
dc.contributor.authorvan Boeckel, Petra G.A.
dc.contributor.authorBueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas
dc.contributor.authorOvervad, Kim
dc.contributor.authorJakobsen, Marianne Uhre
dc.contributor.authorTjønneland, Anne
dc.contributor.authorHalkjær, Jytte
dc.contributor.authorAgnoli, Claudia
dc.contributor.authorMattiello, Amalia
dc.contributor.authorTumino, Rosario
dc.contributor.authorMasala, Giovanna
dc.contributor.authorVineis, Paolo
dc.contributor.authorNaska, Androniki
dc.contributor.authorOrfanos, Philippos
dc.contributor.authorTrichopoulou, Antonia
dc.contributor.authorKaaks, Rudolf
dc.contributor.authorBergmann, Manuela M.
dc.contributor.authorSteffen, Annika
dc.contributor.authorVan Guelpen, Bethany
dc.contributor.authorJohansson, Ingegerd
dc.contributor.authorBorgquist, Signe
dc.contributor.authorManjer, Jonas
dc.contributor.authorBraaten, Tonje
dc.contributor.authorFagherazzi, Guy
dc.contributor.authorClavel-Chapelon, Françoise
dc.contributor.authorMouw, Traci
dc.contributor.authorNorat, Teresa
dc.contributor.authorRiboli, Elio
dc.contributor.authorRinaldi, Sabina
dc.contributor.authorSlimani, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorPeeters, Petra H.M.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-12T13:03:30Z
dc.date.available2012-03-12T13:03:30Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractTo examine the association of education with body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). This study included 141,230 male and 336,637 female EPIC-participants, who were recruited between 1992 and 2000. Education, which was assessed by questionnaire, was classified into four categories; BMI and WC, measured by trained personnel in most participating centers, were modeled as continuous dependent variables. Associations were estimated using multilevel mixed effects linear regression models. Compared with the lowest education level, BMI and WC were significantly lower for all three higher education categories, which was consistent for all countries. Women with university degree had a 2.1 kg/m2 lower BMI compared with women with lowest education level. For men, a statistically significant, but less pronounced difference was observed (1.3 kg/m2). The association between WC and education level was also of greater magnitude for women: compared with the lowest education level, average WC of women was lower by 5.2 cm for women in the highest category. For men the difference was 2.9 cm. In this European cohort, there is an inverse association between higher BMI as well as higher WC and lower education level. Public Health Programs that aim to reduce overweight and obesity should primarily focus on the lower educated population.en
dc.identifier.citationBMC Public Health (2011), 11:169en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 865685
dc.identifier.doiDOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-169
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/3933
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_3655
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Medical/dental ethics, behavioural sciences, history: 805en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Medisinsk/odontologisk etikk, atferdsfag, historie: 805en
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Nutrition: 811en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Ernæring: 811en
dc.titleThe association of education with body mass index and waist circumference in the EPIC-PANACEA studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen
dc.typePeer revieweden


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