title: Prevalence and five-year cumulative incidence of abdominal obesity in Croatian women of childbearing age: the CroHort study.
abstract: Generalised obesity is increasing in prevalence globally, however trends in abdominal obesity are less well known. In 2003, 1,999 women of childbearing age participated in the Croatian Adult Health Survey, of whom 598 (29.9%) participated in the second cycle in 2008. For 2008, the prevalence of abdominal obesity using the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criterion (waist circumference > or = 80 cm) was estimated at 70.3% (95% CI 61.8% to 75.7%), whereas the prevalence of abdominal obesity using the National Cholesterol Education Program, Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) criterion (waist circumference > or = 88 cm) was estimated at 48.6% (42.6% to 54.7%). The preceding five-year cumulative incidence was 54.3% (44.5% to 64.2%) and 35.2% (28.0% to 42.4%) using the IDF and NCEP ATP III criteria, respectively. The burden of abdominal obesity is high and rapidly increasing in Croatian women of childbearing age, the key population subgroup for obesity control.
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, "Andrija Stampar" School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia. kfister@snz.hr
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fister
authors.forename: Davor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ivanković
authors.forename: Mirko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korsić
authors.forename: Gordana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pavleković
authors.forename: Sanja Musić
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Milanović
authors.forename: Silvije
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vuletić
authors.forename: Josipa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kern
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017523:Croatia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence