heroin and Overweight
heroin has been researched along with Overweight* in 1 studies
Other Studies
1 other study(ies) available for heroin and Overweight
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Is low BMI associated with specific drug use among injecting drug users?
Body mass index (BMI) of a sample of people who regularly inject drugs (N = 781) was examined to gauge the impact of specific types of drug use. Cross-sectional interviews were undertaken in 2010 as part of a national monitoring program funded by the Australian Government. Latent class analysis identified three groups of drug users, with heroin users at 3.4 times the risk of being underweight compared with amphetamine users, and amphetamine users were at almost twice the odds of being obese compared with lower level morphine users. Nutrition should play a part in harm minimization. Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Amphetamine; Australia; Body Mass Index; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Heroin; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Morphine; Obesity; Overweight; Qualitative Research; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Thinness; Young Adult | 2014 |