A Review of Adult Obesity Prevalence, Trends, Risk Factors, and Epidemiologic Methods in Kuwait
Table 1
Information extracted from each reviewed study by study domain.
Study publication
Study design
Study analysis
Study results
First author
Year of survey
Statistical methods
Sample size (percent males)
Publication year
Recruitment period
Statistical model adjustment factors
Age range and/or mean age
Author affiliation*
Study design type
Statistical software
Ethnicity or nationality
Journal name*
Eligibility criteria
Obesity prevalence and/or mean BMI
Journal impact factor*
Sampling source/frame
Obesity correlates and/or trend
Sampling method
Response rate
Data collection method
Type of collected data
Obesity category*#
List of all collected variables reported*
Other anthropometric measures*
Data for these variables are listed in the supplementary table.
#Obesity category refers to whether obesity was examined as the main outcome or as a risk factor for other outcomes.