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mendeley
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Article details
Title
Anthropometry measures and prevalence of obesity in the urban adult population of Cameroon: an update from the Cameroon Burden of Diabetes Baseline Survey
Published in
BMC Public Health, September 2006
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-6-228
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Abstract

The objective of the study was to provide baseline and reference data on the prevalence and distribution of overweight and obesity, using different anthropometric measurements in adult urban populations in Cameroon.

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Cameroon 3 2%
United States 1 <1%
Russia 1 <1%
Nigeria 1 <1%
Kenya 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 176 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 29 16%
Researcher 25 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 14 8%
Student > Bachelor 14 8%
Other 26 14%
Unknown 58 31%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 57 31%
Nursing and Health Professions 22 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 7%
Social Sciences 12 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 2%
Other 19 10%
Unknown 58 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 March 2025.
All research outputs
#6,087,234
of 27,783,697 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#2,391
of 6,809 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,618
of 96,686 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#7
of 24 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 27,783,697 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 6,809 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 13.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 96,686 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 69% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 24 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its contemporaries.