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Associations between obesity and receipt of screening mammography, Papanicolaou tests, and influenza vaccination: results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) Study.

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Østbye, T; Taylor, DH; Yancy, WS; Krause, KM
Published in: Am J Public Health
September 2005

OBJECTIVES: Obese Americans, who receive more care for chronic diseases, may receive fewer preventive services. We evaluated the association between body mass index (BMI) and receipt of screening mammography and Papanicolaou tests among middle-aged women and the association between BMI and receipt of influenza vaccination among the elderly. METHODS: We analyzed 2 datasets: the Health and Retirement Study (4439 women aged 50-61 years) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) Study (4045 women and 2154 men aged 70 years or more). RESULTS: When BMI was greater than 18.5 kg/m2, we found an inverse dose-response relationship between BMI and receipt of screening mammography and Pap tests among White, but not Black, middle-aged women. We found a similar association between BMI and influenza vaccination among the elderly. CONCLUSIONS: Higher BMI was associated with less frequent receipt of preventive services among middle-aged White women and elderly White women and men. The Healthy People 2010 clinical preventive service goals remain elusive, especially for overweight and obese White persons.

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Am J Public Health

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ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

95

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1623 / 1630

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vaginal Smears
  • Vaccination
  • United States
  • Retirement
  • Public Health
  • Preventive Health Services
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Odds Ratio
  • Obesity
  • Middle Aged
 

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Østbye, Truls, Donald H. Taylor, William S. Yancy, and Katrina M. Krause. “Associations between obesity and receipt of screening mammography, Papanicolaou tests, and influenza vaccination: results from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) Study.Am J Public Health 95, no. 9 (September 2005): 1623–30. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.047803.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Public Health

DOI

ISSN

0090-0036

Publication Date

September 2005

Volume

95

Issue

9

Start / End Page

1623 / 1630

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vaginal Smears
  • Vaccination
  • United States
  • Retirement
  • Public Health
  • Preventive Health Services
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Odds Ratio
  • Obesity
  • Middle Aged