Ryan, Jennifer M.Mccallion, PhilipLuus, Retha2021-11-152021-11-152021Ryan, 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.129001365-2788https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12900http://hdl.handle.net/10566/7015This 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.enChronic health conditionsBody mass indexIntellectual disabilityObesityOverweightArticle