Overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions in older people with intellectual disability in Ireland
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Date
2021
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Publisher
Wiley
Abstract
This study examines overweight/obesity
and chronic health conditions (CHCs) in older people with intellectual disability (ID).Data for this cross-sectional observational
study emanated from Wave 2 of the Intellectual
Disability Supplement to the Irish Longitudinal Study
on Ageing, a longitudinal study assessing the health
and well-being of older Irish adults with ID aged
≥40 years across all levels of ID. Participation
involves an interview process and collation of
objective health measures. In this study, body mass
index (BMI) (n = 572), used as a measure of weight
status, was examined with clustered doctor’s
diagnosed CHCs. Descriptive analysis was conducted
where counts (n) and proportions (%) were used to
summarise the variables univariately, while
cross-tabulations were used for bivariate summary
into counts and proportions. With overweight/obesity
prevalence established and patterns described using logistical regression, Pearson’s chi-squared test was
used to test for significant associations.
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Keywords
Chronic health
conditions, Body mass index, Intellectual disability, Obesity, Overweight
Citation
Ryan, J. M. et al. (2021). Overweight/obesity and chronic health conditions in older people with intellectual disability in Ireland. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12900