Obesity and overweight are common among hospitalized patients and are associated with specific causes of admission to an internal medicine department: a cross-sectional study.

IF 2.4 4区医学 Q3 ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Hormones-International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism Pub Date : 2024-10-11 DOI:10.1007/s42000-024-00611-5

Frideriki Karanikola, Nikolaos Devrikis, Djordje S Popovic, Dimitrios Patoulias, Kalliopi Kotsa, Michael Doumas, Theocharis Koufakis

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Abstract

Purpose: Data on the prevalence of obesity among hospitalized patients are limited. Our objective was to capture the rates of overweight and obesity among people admitted to an internal medicine department and to explore a potential association between body mass index (BMI) and causes of hospitalization.

Methods: Demographic and anthropometric parameters and cause of admission were recorded in all patients admitted to our department over a 30-day period.

Results: One hundred and eighteen patients with a mean age of 71.84 years and a mean BMI of 26.85 kg/m² were included in the analysis. Among study participants, 53.25% were living with overweight and obesity. Patients admitted for hepatobiliary disease had a higher BMI compared to those admitted for other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (P < 0.001).

Conclusions: More than half of patients admitted to an internal medicine department live with obesity or overweight, the specific reasons for admission being associated with a higher BMI.

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肥胖和超重在住院病人中很常见，并与内科住院的特定原因有关：一项横断面研究。

目的：有关住院病人肥胖患病率的数据十分有限。我们的目的是了解内科住院病人的超重和肥胖率，并探讨体重指数（BMI）与住院原因之间的潜在联系：方法：记录我科所有住院病人在 30 天内的人口统计学、人体测量参数和入院原因：分析对象包括 118 名患者，平均年龄为 71.84 岁，平均体重指数为 26.85 kg/m2。研究参与者中，53.25%为超重和肥胖患者。因肝胆疾病入院的患者的体重指数高于因其他胃肠道疾病入院的患者（P结论）：在内科住院的患者中，半数以上患有肥胖症或超重症，入院的具体原因与较高的体重指数有关。

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Hormones-International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM-

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5.90

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6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Hormones-International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism is an international journal published quarterly with an international editorial board aiming at providing a forum covering all fields of endocrinology and metabolic disorders such as disruption of glucose homeostasis (diabetes mellitus), impaired homeostasis of plasma lipids (dyslipidemia), the disorder of bone metabolism (osteoporosis), disturbances of endocrine function and reproductive capacity of women and men. Hormones-International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism particularly encourages clinical, translational and basic science submissions in the areas of endocrine cancers, nutrition, obesity and metabolic disorders, quality of life of endocrine diseases, epidemiology of endocrine and metabolic disorders.