Association of time of obesity onset with comorbidities in treatment‐seeking men and women with severe obesity

• Published in: Obesity science & practice 2018-10, Vol.4 (5), p.427-436
• Main Authors: Borgeraas, H., Barstad, L. H., Størdal Lund, R., Fredheim, J. M., Hertel, J. K., Hjelmesæth, J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adults; Apnea; Arthralgia; Asthma; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease; Child development; Children; Cholesterol; Comorbidity; Coronary artery disease; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Dyslipidemia; Ethnicity; Family medical history; Fasting; Fatty liver; gender; Gender differences; Heart diseases; Higher education; Hospitals; Hypertension; Insulin; Liver diseases; Metabolic syndrome; Mortality; Obesity; obesity onset; Original; Patients; Rheumatism; Risk factors; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Sleep disorders; Studies; Variables; Women
• ISSN: 2055-2238; 2055-2238
• DOI: 10.1002/osp4.298

Summary Objectives Early obesity onset is a risk factor for specific comorbidities in adulthood, but whether this relationship is present in men and women with severe obesity is unknown. This study aimed to examine whether obesity onset in childhood or adolescence, as compared with adulthood, is associated with higher odds of comorbidities in men and women with severe obesity. Methods A cross‐sectional study of treatment‐seeking men and women with severe obesity attending a tertiary care centre in Norway, from 2006 to 2017, was performed. Results A total of 4,583 participants (69.13% women) were included. Almost all men (99.69%) and women (99.18%) suffered from ≥1 comorbidities. Compared with women, men were older (mean [SD]) (45.54 [12.14] vs. 42.56 [12.00] years, p