[Evaluation of health status in inhabitants of the protected zone near a steel mill. II. Overweight and obesity].
In the group of 232 inhabitants of the protective zone of Nowa Huta the Steel-Mill (181 women and 51 men) incidence of overweight and obesity was estimated using the Quetelet and Wot indices. The results were compared with appropriate data obtained for 37 men and 100 women, matched with age and occupation, inhabitants of Tokarnia village, known by favorable microclimate, rarely encountered in polluted areas of southern Poland. It was found that overweight and obesity was present in the group of the protective zone statistically more often than in Tokarnia. The differences were more pronounced for women than for men. Concentrations of serum cholesterol and triglycerides were also compared. Distribution of cholesterol in examined groups was similar to the distribution of the Quetelet index, differences of arithmetic means being statistically significant, whereas concentration of triglycerides was remarkably similar in all groups under investigation. In this paper rarely used method of data presentation was applied. From histograms of given parameter normalised curves were derived and served as a representation of parameter distribution in the studied population. This method grossly alleviated task of comparison and evaluation of obtained data.
Kolarzyk
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Katedry Medycyny Pracy i Chorób Zawodowych, Akademii Medycznej im. M. Kopernika, Krakowie.
Stepniewski
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M
Targosz
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D
Kieć
E
E
Wiater
M
M
Nyzio
B
B
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008669:Metallurgy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014280:Triglycerides
D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol
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