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selected to be analyzed. Multimorbidity was defined as co-occurrence of at least 2 chronic
non-communicable diseases in the same individual. Meanwhile, CASP 19 is used to measure
the quality of life (QoL). Perceived poor quality of life is classified among respondents who
obtained (QoL) score in the lowest tertile for each group. Descriptive and logistic regression
analyses for the complex sample were performed to determine the association of social
support and quality of life.
RESULTS: Study found out that low to fair group of social support has higher proportion of
poor social support compared to high and very high support (45.1% vs 34.6% vs 20.3%).
Furthermore, low to fair group of social support and poor quality of life shows significant
association (p value <0.001 [AOR:2.78 (95%CI: 2.05, 3.77)].
CONCLUSION: Low social support shows significantly association with poor quality life.
Therefore, various methods should be initiated in order to increase the social support. These
should include informational and emotional support.

ID 168 NON-SMOKERS TEND TO HAVE ABDOMINAL OBESITY? A STUDY AMONG OLDER
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Evi Diana Omar , Nabilah Hanis Zainuddin , Zuraida Che Hassan , Ho Bee Kiau , Nik Noor Syamimi Ismail , Mohd
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1 Sector for Biostatistics & Data Repository, Management Office, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
2 Klinik Kesihatan Bandar Botanic, Klang, Ministry of Health Malaysia

INTRODUCTION: A number of previous studies have found an inverse association between
smoking and BMI, with smoking being associated with a lower BMI. However, the association
between smoking and abdominal obesity has not been widely investigated. Thus, the aim of
this study is to examine how smoking is related to abdominal obesity in older people.
METHODOLOGY: This analysis was based on data from the National Health Morbidity Survey
2018 of pre-elderly and elderly health aged 50 years and above. Complex Sampling Analysis
was carried out to accommodate with the complexity of the sampling methods. The
descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regression adjusted for other possible variables
including BMI were carried out. The analysis was stratified by gender, considering the
prevalence of smoking status was varied by gender.
RESULTS: Smoking status and abdominal obesity was significantly associated in men (p value
< 0.001) but not in women (p=0.190). Nonsmoker men had significantly higher prevalence of
abdominal obesity compared to smoker and former-smoker group (18.8% vs 11.0% vs 17.9%).
However, the association between smoking and abdominal obesity was not significant in
multivariable analysis. The odds ratios of abdominal obesity for non-smoker and smoker men
compared to former smoker men were 1.36 (95% CI=0.92,2.01, p=0.124) and 1.13 (95%
CI=0.70,1.82, p=0.627), respectively.
CONCLUSION: Among older people, smoking status was not associated with central fat
accumulation. For future study, a longitudinal study design is recommended to determine the
causal relationship between smoking and abdominal obesity.

ID 170 CAN I BE BOTH MODERN AND TRADITIONAL? CHOICES OF WOUND DRESSING AT
ORAL MAXILLOFACIAL REGION: OUR EXPERIENCE IN HOSPITAL KAJANG

Muhamad Azim Che Azmi, Siti Nur Nabihah Zainul Abidin, Aezy Noorazah Omar

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