STATUS SOSIAL EKONOMI SEBAGAI FAKTOR RISIKO KEJADIAN OBESITAS DI KABUPATEN BANYUMAS
Abstract: Obesity is a
significant global and national health problem, and has declared by WHO as
global epidemic.The prevalence of obesity in developed and mostly developing
countries has dramatically increased during the last decade. Socio-economic
status has been identified as one of significant predictors of obesity. However, studies in different countries
showed various result regarded the relationship between socioeconomic status
and obesity. The study objective was to identify socio-economic status as an
risk factor of obesity at Banyumas District. This study was a secondary
analysis with cross-sectional approach using the data from Riset Kesehatan
Dasar 2007 at Banyumas District. Samples of study were 1827 adult household
members represented the residence of Banyumas District. The main independent
variable was socioeconomic status measured by the quintile of income. The
dependent variable was obesity measured by BMI with cut of point 27kg/m2. The
confounding variabeles controlled by study were gender, age, marital status,
employment, geographical location, and physical activity. Data analyzed by multivariate analysis using
multiple logistic regressions and stratification analysis by gender. Study
result showed that the prevalence of obesity at Banyumas District is 22,3% for
total sample of the study, while by gender the prevalence of obesity is 14,8 %
for male and 29,1% for female respectively. After adjusted for confounding
variables, socioeconomic status was risk factor of obesity at Banyumas District
with OR 1,57 (95%CI:1,07-2,29) at 5th income quintile. For the male
respondents, socioeconomic status has the OR 2,55 (95%CI, 1,29-5,0) at 5th
income quintile. These results showed that the prevelance of obesity at
Banyumas District was relatively high, and higher socioeconomic status
significantly increased the odd of becoming obese.
Penulis: Joko Mulyanto, Anton
B Darmawan
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd140348
