Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April-June | Volume: 5 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 427-431
Smoking: The Prevalence and Association with Abdominal Obesity among Community of Mukim Sg. Pelek, Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Muhammad Amirrul Noor Affandi, Pua Hock Seng, Nurul Nabila Kamaruzzaman, Syamim Irdina Sharizal, Dhivya Kaliswary Panierselvam, Sabariah Abd Hamid
Faculty of Medicine, University of Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Corresponding Author: Sabariah Abd Hamid
ABSTRACT
Smoking has a huge threat to public health worldwide and associated with illness and death. Studies also shown that it is related with abdominal obesity which indicates risk for cardiovascular disease. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of smoking and the association with abdominal obesity among the community of Sg. Pelek, Sepang, Selangor.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among community who were selected through a simple random sampling. Malaysian, aged more than 18-year-old and fulfill the inclusion & exclusion criteria were interviewed using a set of validated questionnaire. The data were analyzed using SPSS.
Seventy-four percent of the respondents were not smoking. Majority were male (51.6 %), no formal education (33.3%) and single (27.7%). There was also a significant inverse association between smoking status and abdominal obesity (p < 0.05).
Therefore, more studies and awareness program should be focused on target group.
Keywords: smoking, abdominal obesity, waist circumference, prevalence, Selangor