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The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between health-related
quality of life (QoL), disability, and degree of obesity. Adult obese patients
(BMI>30) were consecutively enrolled in this cross-sectional observational study.
The WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHO-DAS II) and the short version of the
impact of weight on QoL (IWQoL-Lite) were administered. Spearman's rank
correlation analysis was performed. A P value of less than 0.01 was used to set
the statistical significance. A total of 117 patients (mean age: 47.4 years, mean
BMI: 43.7) were enrolled. Correlations between WHO-DAS II and IWQoL-Lite were
between 0.21 and 0.78. BMI between 0.19 and 0.26 correlated with WHO-DAS II and
BMI between 0.23 and 0.49 correlated with IWQoL-Lite. In conclusion, low/moderate
correlations between BMI index, disability, and health-related QoL measures, and
a low association between the two outcome measures are reported, supporting the
idea that they underline different and not transposable dimensions.

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