Intra-abdominal fatAdipose tissueVisceral fatRatioOverweightDual-energy X-ray ANamed abdominal obesityAccumulation of abdominal fatWHtRMeasurementBioelectrical impedance analyzerGeneral and abdominalAssociated with visceralPrevalencePredictorsDepressive symptomsPredictorGlucoseSignificantly associatedConclusionsDiastolic blood prObeseObesity-relatedMarkersHypertensionDepositionAdiposity measuresAnthropometric measureHeight squaredTomographyInsulin resistanceCentral obesityHighRESULTSEvaluateBiomarkersMetabolic riskCorrelateWomenAdultsMortalityPredictiveHipsSuggestsUmbilicusBody compositionLipidLevels were measuredHigherPopulationStudyInflammationAlcohol consumptionCardiovascular diseasesCitationsRisk
Intra-abdominal fat3
- Waist circumference: a measurement to assess potential risk for disease based on intra-abdominal fat content. (drnamitajain.com)
- The use of WC and WHtR provides the advantage in that the indexes are good predictors of intra-abdominal fat deposition and are related to the development of cardiovascular risk factor [17-19] Previous reports have also indicated the trunk skinfold as the sensitive tool to detect metabolic abnormalities in children and adolescents [4,20]. (scirp.org)
- As aforementioned, the accumulation of intra-abdominal fat can be measured by direct weighing of fat after dissection. (biomedcentral.com)
Adipose tissue7
- Waist circumference (WC) does not distinguish visceral from subcutaneous adipose tissue, and hence cannot accurately reflect levels of visceral adipose tissue [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- Areas of abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) were calculated using computed tomography imaging. (go.jp)
- To elucidate the relationship between plasma levels of adiponectin, adiponectin gene expression in adipose tissue, and markers of inflammation, we obtained blood samples, anthropometric measures, and subcutaneous adipose tissue samples from 65 postmenopausal healthy women. (diabetesjournals.org)
- Objective: To investigate whether prediction equations including a limited but selected number of anthropometrics that consider differences in subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue may improve prediction of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in youth. (lih.lu)
- Study design: Anthropometrics and abdominal adipose tissue by MRI were available in 7-18 years old youth with overweight or obesity: 181 White Europeans and 186 White and Black Americans. (lih.lu)
- Conclusions: A model including both WaistC and HipC that considers differences in subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue more accurately predicts VAT in girls and is superior to commonly measured anthropometrics used individually. (lih.lu)
- The purpose of the study was to validate indirect Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry technique and abdominal circumference measurement as tools to predict visceral adipose tissue in rats. (biomedcentral.com)
Visceral fat5
- Investigations developed with representative samples have shown that a significant correlation exists between BMI and other anthropometric indicators of non-visceral fat 6,7,8 , such as subscapular skinfold thickness (SST), triceps skinfold thickness (TST), and the measure of hip circumference (HC), as well as the measure of visceral fat, as evaluated by waist circumference (WC) 4 . (bvsalud.org)
- Because waist circumference is highly correlated with visceral fat and is easy to measure and interpret, this is used as the basic clinical tool for evaluating abdominal obesity. (jomes.org)
- Research from Dr Ross' lab, as well as research done by other groups, has consistently shown that visceral fat is strongly associated with increased metabolic risk. (scienceblogs.com)
- As you might expect, the changes are not good - there is a progressive increase in total abdominal fat (and especially visceral fat), as well as a progressive loss of lower body subcutaneous fat. (scienceblogs.com)
- Note that although both individuals have a waist circumference of 106cm, the older individual has dramatically more visceral fat, and less thigh subcutaneous fat. (scienceblogs.com)
Ratio22
- Waist-to-hip ratio: a measurement for determining risk of distribution of body fat. (drnamitajain.com)
- Use the 2 simple methods - waist measure and waist-to-hip ratio to find out the risk of your body fat distribution. (drnamitajain.com)
- The waist-to-hip ratio offers a fast and reliable assessment of fat distribution towards risk to health. (drnamitajain.com)
- This is calculated by dividing the waist measurement by the hip measurement to determine the ratio. (drnamitajain.com)
- A study published in the European Heart Journal in April 2007 showed that waist circumference and waist-hip ratio (defined as waist circumference divided by hip circumference) were predictors of cardiovascular events. (wikipedia.org)
- Waist-hip ratio is the ratio of the circumference of the waist to that of the hips. (wikipedia.org)
- Given the importance of incorporating simple and low-cost tools into the pediatric clinical setting to provide screening for insulin resistance, the present study sought to investigate whether waist-to-height ratio is comparable to biochemical markers for the discrimination of insulin resistance in children and adolescents. (elsevier.es)
- Waist-to-height ratio, triglycerides/glucose index, and triglycerides-to-HDL-C ratio were determined according to standard protocols. (elsevier.es)
- Moderate correlation of all indicators (waist-to-height ratio, triglycerides/glucose index, and triglycerides-to-HDL-C ratio) with homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance was observed for both sexes. (elsevier.es)
- The areas under the receiver operational characteristic curves ware similar between waist-to-height ratio and biochemical markers. (elsevier.es)
- Results: Mean values of WC, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) of boys were not different from those of girls. (scirp.org)
- 0.001), and also with waist circumferences and waist-to-hip ratio ( P for trend = 0.042 and 0.007, respectively). (go.jp)
- The western dietary pattern, obesity, high body fat, high waist or hip circumference, and high waist-to-hip ratio were significantly associated with increased odds ratios of high CRP and NLR in both genders. (biomedcentral.com)
- A number of studies have suggested that certain dietary factors as well as age, sex, weight, body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR), education and smoking may have an important link with CVD [6-8]. (who.int)
- Methods We conducted a meta-analysis of individual participant data on body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip and waist-height ratio (WHtR) from the Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Collaboration. (sahmri.org.au)
- WC and WHtR more strongly associated with risk than BMI (ratio of hazard ratios: 0.95 [0.92,0.99] - 0.97 [0.95,0.98]) but there was no appreciable difference between the four measures in the predictive accuracy for diabetes at five years. (sahmri.org.au)
- METHODS: Among 28,934 Mexican adults without chronic disease and not taking lipid-lowering therapy, we examine the cross-sectional relevance of body-mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and hip circumference (HC) to NMR-measured metabolic biomarkers. (ox.ac.uk)
- To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and various measurements such as waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in obese children. (annexpublishers.co)
- Unfortunately, accurate measurement of the body fat percentage is much more difficult than measurement of BMI [ 6 ].Thus, many researches recommend other obesity measurements including waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and skinfold thickness [ 5 , 7 ]. (annexpublishers.co)
- In the clinical assessment of obesity, various methods such as body fat measurement, body weight, body mass index, skin fold thickness, waist-hip ratio can be used. (drhasanerdem.com)
- Traditional markers such as waist to height ratio (WHtR) have shown higher sensitivity than the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in the evaluation of the CVR [ 12 ]. (hindawi.com)
- The purpose of this entry is to show that it is meaningful to talk about an attractive range, albeit narrow, of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) - as far as the preferences of most people [in Western societies] are concerned - rather than a strict value. (femininebeauty.info)
Overweight7
- Thus, overweight or obese populations are treated as public health issues 2,6 , indicating the need for the development of studies and the perfection of measures which qualify the evaluation of nutritional status. (bvsalud.org)
- The aim of this work was to assess the prevalence of overweight, obesity, abdominal-obesity and short stature among Rosario (Argentina) adult population. (isciii.es)
- Multivariate analysis showed that the prevalence of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity increased according the age and abdominal obesity decreased with high physical activity in men. (isciii.es)
- In women prevalence of overweight/obesity, and abdominal obesity increased with age, marital status (married or coupled), presence of at least one child at home and low educational level. (isciii.es)
- 0.001) and was related with age, overweight and abdominal obesity. (isciii.es)
- The abdominal circumference measure appears useful in studying overweight or obese rats. (biomedcentral.com)
- Overweight, smoking and physical inactivity are strongly related to the deterioration of overall health and are among the most important modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases and premature death [7]. (peertechzpublications.org)
Dual-energy X-ray A1
- Body composition was measured by both dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and bioelectrical impedance (BIA) methods. (frontiersin.org)
Named abdominal obesity1
- However, even in the absence of the hyperglycaemic state which characterizes type 2 diabetic patients, non diabetic individuals with a specific form of obesity, named abdominal obesity, often show clustering metabolic abnormalities which include high triglyceride levels, increased apolipoprotein B, small dense low density lipoproteins and decreased high density lipoproteins-cholesterol levels, a hyperinsulinemic-insulin resistant state, alterations in coagulation factors as well as an inflammatory profile. (researchgate.net)
Accumulation of abdominal fat2
- Post-mortem analyses of coronary arteries have indicated that obesity (associated with a high accumulation of abdominal fat measured at autopsy) was predictive of earlier and greater extent of large vessels atherosclerosis as well as increase of coronary fatty streaks. (researchgate.net)
- Studies on the accumulation of abdominal fat mass in animals could help to better understand the mechanisms of metabolic syndrome development but the techniques of investigation are lacking. (biomedcentral.com)
WHtR4
- Strongly positive correlation was found between WC, WHtR, trunk skinfold and child's BMI (p = 0.01) as well as between WC, WHtR, trunk skinfold and child's TBF (p = 0.01). (scirp.org)
- Multiple regression analysis demonstrated, in both genders, that BMI, age and TBF were strongly associated with WC (Adjusted R 2 0.92 - 0.93) and WHtR (Adjusted R 2 0.90 - 0.92) and that BMI and TBF were strongly associated with trunk skinfold (Adjusted R 2 0.88 - 0.89). (scirp.org)
- The associations of the BMI scores with the WHtR and WC indicated that obesity mainly presents as abdominal obesity in children. (annexpublishers.co)
- HC, WHtR, and WC may be used as alternative parameters for measuring obesity, with considerations of age and gender. (annexpublishers.co)
Measurement5
- A study showed that self-reported measurements, as opposed to measurement done by a technician, underestimated waist circumference and this underestimation increased with increased body size. (wikipedia.org)
- Variables such as posture significantly influence the measurement of the waist, and therefore any measurements for a group need to maintain a constant posture between the subjects. (wikipedia.org)
- However, the waist region remains a highly important measurement and anthropometric landmark in garment construction. (wikipedia.org)
- The most commonly used method is body mass index and waist circumference measurement. (drhasanerdem.com)
- Anthropometric screenings included measurement of height, weight, waist circumference and body mass index (BMI). (biomedcentral.com)
Bioelectrical impedance analyzer1
- Total body fat (TBF) was measured with bioelectrical impedance analyzer. (scirp.org)
General and abdominal4
- Associations for general and abdominal adiposity are fairly independent of each other but, given general and abdominal adiposity, higher gluteo-femoral adiposity is associated with a strongly favourable cardiometabolic lipid profile. (ox.ac.uk)
- To evaluate the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and the concomitant presence of both outcomes and their determinants among adults living in a rural area. (scielosp.org)
- The risk of general and abdominal obesity and concomitant outcomes increased significantly with age in both sexes. (scielosp.org)
- We observed high prevalences of general and abdominal obesity in this population, which is consistent with the values found in urban populations. (scielosp.org)
Associated with visceral1
- Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) is an anthropometric index associated with visceral adiposity. (biomedcentral.com)
Prevalence1
- The prevalence of abdominal obesity in adults with normal BMI was 6.9% for males and 7.7% for females, and this prevalence tended to increase with age. (jomes.org)
Predictors1
- Particularly, according to sex and age range, the predictive emergent anthropometric indices in men were the body shape index (ABSI) and waist to height cubic (W/Ht 3 ) (AUC = 0.777 and 0.771, respectively), whereas in women, the predictors were CI and ABSI (AUC = 0.737 and 0.729, respectively). (hindawi.com)
Depressive symptoms1
- Associations were studied between measures of obesity (body mass index [BMI], abdominal height, and waist circumference) and depressive symptoms in officers. (cdc.gov)
Predictor1
- Further, whether waist circumference or body mass index (BMI) is a better predictor of adverse health outcomes is debatable. (wikipedia.org)
Glucose7
- This agglomeration of abnormalities has been referred to as the metabolic syndrome which can be identified by the presence of three of the five following variables: abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride concentrations, low HDL-cholesterol levels, increased blood pressure and elevated fasting glucose. (researchgate.net)
- Of the five metabolic syndrome components (abdominal obesity, hypertension, reduced high density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C], elevated triglycerides, and glucose intolerance), abdominal obesity and reduced HDL-C levels were consistently associated with police stress in women. (cdc.gov)
- In the model adjusted for age and BMI, abdominal obesity was associated with fasting glucose intolerance and diabetes in men and hypertriglyceridemia and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in women. (jomes.org)
- Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study was initiated in 1998 to determine the risk factors of arteriosclerosis among the urban population of Tehran and to develop population-based measures to control the rising trend of diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia. (who.int)
- MS can be defined by the presence of abdominal obesity and any 2 of the following factors: increased fasting plasma glucose, increased TGs, reduced HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. (biomedcentral.com)
- It evaluates both modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for diabetes, including age, sex, ethnicity, parental history of diabetes, history of high blood glucose levels, use of antihypertensive medications, smoking, physical inactivity and sex/ethnicity-based waist circumference measures. (aihw.gov.au)
- According to the NCEP ATP III MetS is defined as the presence of three or more of any of the following criteria in an individual: high waist circumference (WC), elevated fasting glucose (GLU), low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), elevated triglycerides (TG) and elevated blood pressure (BP)[ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Significantly associated1
- Conclusion-- Working longer hours was significantly associated with larger waist circumferences and higher body mass index among male police officers working the midnight shift. (cdc.gov)
Conclusions1
- Conclusions Despite suggestions that abdominal measures of obesity have stronger associations with incident diabetes and better predictive accuracy than BMI, we found no overall advantage in any one measure at discriminating the risk of developing diabetes. (sahmri.org.au)
Diastolic blood pr1
- Body mass index, waist circumference and male gender were associated with an increase in both, systolic and diastolic blood pressure in young university students. (peertechzpublications.org)
Obese1
- According to studies in the United States and Canada, individuals with normal BMI and abdominal obesity showed higher risks of cardiovascular diseases compared to individuals classified as obese according to BMI without abdominal obesity. (jomes.org)
Obesity-related2
- Excess abdominal fat is a risk factor for developing heart disease and other obesity related diseases. (wikipedia.org)
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute classifies the risk of obesity-related diseases as high if men have a waist circumference greater than 102 cm (40 in) and women have a waist circumference greater than 88 cm (35 in). (wikipedia.org)
Markers2
- The increased levels of inflammatory markers have also been strongly correlated with both central obesity and metabolic syndrome. (biomedcentral.com)
- RESULTS: Markers of general (ie, BMI), abdominal (ie, WC and WHR) and gluteo-femoral (ie, HC) adiposity all display similar and strong associations across the NMR-platform of biomarkers, particularly for biomarkers that increase cardiometabolic risk. (ox.ac.uk)
Hypertension1
- It is suggested that until the epidemic progression of obesity is stopped and obesity prevented or at least properly managed, cardiologists will be confronted to an evolving contribution of risk factors where smoking, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension may be relatively less prevalent but at the expense of a much greater contribution of abdominal obesity and related features of the metabolic syndrome. (researchgate.net)
Deposition2
- We aimed to examine the association of alcohol consumption with fat deposition and anthropometric measures. (go.jp)
- The main issue for clinicians or researchers is to use techniques for assessing abdominal fat deposition and its accumulation or changes over time, without sacrificing of experimental subjects. (biomedcentral.com)
Adiposity measures3
- Objective-- To investigate the associations between long work hours and adiposity measures in police officers. (cdc.gov)
- Adiposity measures were not associated with work hours among women on any shift. (cdc.gov)
- Confounder-adjusted associations between each adiposity measure and NMR biomarkers are estimated before and after mutual adjustment for other adiposity measures. (ox.ac.uk)
Anthropometric measure1
- Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the association between a one standard deviation increment in each anthropometric measure and incident diabetes. (sahmri.org.au)
Height squared1
- Android fat mass (kg), gynoid fat mass (kg), and skeletal muscle index (SMI) calculated as appendicular non-fat mass (kg) divided by height squared (m 2 ), were measured using whole body DXA. (biomedcentral.com)
Tomography1
- 7 , 8 Although quantifying visceral and subcutaneous fat by computed tomography (CT) is the most accurate diagnostic method for abdominal obesity, CT use is limited because of high cost and risk of radiation exposure. (jomes.org)
Insulin resistance1
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is strongly associated with abdominal obesity and insulin resistance and effective approaches to nutrition (e.g., omega-3 fatty acids intake) might improve the cardiometabolic risk profile. (frontiersin.org)
Central obesity2
- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) declared that central obesity was strongly associated with metabolic syndrome and its components [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
- This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of subjects with normal BMI and abdominal obesity and to identify the relationship between central obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in normal BMI adults in Korea. (jomes.org)
High1
- The results for waist circumference were generally similar to those for BMI, but the associations were slightly stronger for high-grade (HR = 1.43, 1.07-1.92) and fatal prostate cancer (HR = 1.55, 1.23-1.96). (biomedcentral.com)
RESULTS2
- From these results, farmers can utilize accurate measures of fat which will enhance nutritional and management practices. (preprints.org)
- These results suggest that more careful management of abdominal obesity in those with normal weight is necessary. (jomes.org)
Evaluate1
- When it is desirable to evaluate waist circumference, the value that should be in women is 88 cm and below, and in Men-102 cm and below. (drhasanerdem.com)
Biomarkers3
- The BCOPS study is an investigation of the early or subclinical health consequences of stress in police officers and examines associations between a variety of officer exposures and outcomes including stress, shift work, traumatic incidents, lifestyle factors, stress biomarkers, body measures, and subclinical metabolic and cardiovascular disease. (cdc.gov)
- Efficacy and safety biomarkers were measured before and after intervention. (biomedcentral.com)
- Adiposity and NMR-measured lipid and metabolic biomarkers among 30,000 Mexican adults. (ox.ac.uk)
Metabolic risk1
- In contrast, after controlling for abdominal fat, the accumulation of lower body subcutaneous fat (the fat just beneath the skin) is often reported to be associated with reduced metabolic risk. (scienceblogs.com)
Correlate1
- Waist-hip ratios of 0.7 for women and 0.9 for men have been shown to correlate strongly with general health and fertility[citation needed]. (wikipedia.org)
Women10
- A waist circumference of more than 40 inches in men and more than 35 inches in women, signifies obesity. (drnamitajain.com)
- The WC measure was more accurate for detecting health risks, especially in elderly eutrophic women. (bvsalud.org)
- Women with lower socioeconomic status and men in need of walking exercise also had a higher risk of abdominal obesity. (jomes.org)
- Take for example my MSc thesis which found that after control for abdominal fat, lower body subcutaneous fat is negatively associated with triglyceride levels, and positively associated with HDL cholesterol in elderly men and women. (scienceblogs.com)
- Obesity is a health problem that concerns everyone from men and women to young and old, and by another definition, excessive fat storage in measures that do not fit the physical structure of the body. (drhasanerdem.com)
- We evaluated three outcomes: general obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m 2 ), abdominal obesity (waist circumference ≥ 102 cm and ≥ 88 cm in men and women, respectively), and concomitant obesities, classified as: no risk, only one risk factor, and aggregate factors. (scielosp.org)
- A number of women would be interested in what waist-hip proportions are "ideal" or the most attractive as far as heterosexual men are concerned. (femininebeauty.info)
- He decided to use pictures of actual women, and varied their WHR by digitally manipulating the waist. (femininebeauty.info)
- Streeter and McBurney were able to show that both men and women rated a WHR of 0.7 as the most attractive, after controlling for the weight confound, regardless of whether WHR was varied by changing hip size only or waist size only, though the attractiveness ratings between a WHR range of 0.6 to 0.9 did not vary greatly. (femininebeauty.info)
- pdf ) showed that Western men are more strongly influenced by waist size than hip size when it comes to rating the attractiveness of women. (femininebeauty.info)
Adults3
- Abdominal obesity predisposes individuals to cardiovascular disease, but the data in adults with normal body mass index (BMI) are relatively rare. (jomes.org)
- When adjusted for age and BMI, daily excessive alcohol consumption increased the risk of abdominal obesity in adults of normal weight. (jomes.org)
- Cardiovascular risk factors were associated with abdominal obesity in Korean adults with normal BMI. (jomes.org)
Mortality1
Predictive3
- Metabolic syndrome linked to abdominal obesity is also predictive of recurrent coronary events both in post-myocardial infarction patients and among coronary artery disease men who underwent a revascularization procedures. (researchgate.net)
- Harrell's concordance statistic was used to test the predictive accuracy of each measure for diabetes risk at five years. (sahmri.org.au)
- In addition, the body adiposity index (BAI), abdominal volume index (AVI), body shape index (ABSI), or conicity index (CI) could have a predictive ability for evaluating HTN [ 16 - 19 ], while the ponderal index (PI) could do the same for preHTN [ 20 ]. (hindawi.com)
Hips4
- The waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips. (wikipedia.org)
- These authors used a woman with a WHR of 0.65 and manipulated her WHR from 0.60 to 0.85 by either varying the waist only or the hips only. (femininebeauty.info)
- When only the hips were manipulated, as shown below, men most strongly preferred a WHR of 0.7. (femininebeauty.info)
- When WHR was varied by manipulating the hips only, the most strongly preferred WHR was 0.9 in Tassinary and Hansen's study and 0.7 in the study by Streeter and McBurney. (femininebeauty.info)
Suggests1
- Some research suggests waist circumference can be predicted from brain function, therefore capturing the neurobehavioral pathophysiology of obesity. (wikipedia.org)
Umbilicus2
- In the study, waist circumference measured at the level of the umbilicus was larger than that measured at the natural waist. (wikipedia.org)
- Waist circumference (WC) was measured at the umbilicus level and hip circumference (HC) at the level yielding maximum circumference over buttock. (scirp.org)
Body composition4
- Nevertheless, less information was known on the determinant factors that could influence on change in body fat distribution in terms of anthropometric and body composition measures. (scirp.org)
- A total of 464 police officers participated in the study which involved questionnaires measuring demographic, lifestyle, and psychological factors, DEXA measurements to record bone density and body composition, ultrasounds of the brachial and carotid arteries, 18 salivary cortisol samples throughout the day and in response to a series of challenges, and blood samples. (cdc.gov)
- In rodents, the total body weight measure does not give relevant information about body composition, which is an essential parameter in this kind of investigation. (biomedcentral.com)
- These findings were further confirmed by the findings for body composition measured by the BIA method. (frontiersin.org)
Lipid1
- However, neither serum sex steroids nor lipid levels were measured in these studies. (biomedcentral.com)
Levels were measured1
- Serum omega-3 fatty acid levels were measured with the gas chromatography method. (frontiersin.org)
Higher2
- A one standard deviation increment in each of the measures was associated with 64-80% higher diabetes risk. (sahmri.org.au)
- In some comparisons, a woman with a slightly thicker waist/higher WHR would be more appealing. (femininebeauty.info)
Population3
- It remains relatively unknown whether SAD, as a manifest measure of visceral adiposity, differs by sex in the general population and in the subgroups defined by socio-economic characteristics. (biomedcentral.com)
- Aims First, to conduct a detailed exploration of the prospective relations between four commonly used anthropometric measures with incident diabetes and to examine their consistency across different population subgroups. (sahmri.org.au)
- Further of Tehran and to develop population-based progress in prevention depends on identify- measures to control the rising trend of dia- ing the population at increased risk [ 1 ]. (who.int)
Study4
- A unique feature of this study is the utilization of both objective sleep quality measures (obtained by an actigraph-an electronic device that measures the quantity and quality of sleep) and daily work history records which date back to 1960. (cdc.gov)
- In 2009, the American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and International Association for the Study of Obesity defined abdominal obesity in Asians as a waist circumference of ≥90 cm for males and ≥80 cm for females. (jomes.org)
- This study shows that serum estradiol is correlated with BMI and other fat-distribution measures in postmenopausal endometrial cancer patients. (biomedcentral.com)
- Our objective was to investigate associations between ACEs and sleep measures among 206 police officers from the Buffalo Cardio-Metabolic Occupational Police Stress study. (cdc.gov)
Inflammation1
- Obesity defined by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference was associated with inflammation [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
Alcohol consumption1
- These associations remained significant after further adjustment for BMI, whereas alcohol consumption had no significant association with abdominal SAT area. (go.jp)
Cardiovascular diseases1
- They all undergo a wide range of measures to assess cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. (scielosp.org)
Citations2
- CiteScore measures average citations received per document published. (elsevier.es)
- SNIP measures contextual citation impact by wighting citations based on the total number of citations in a subject field. (elsevier.es)
Risk5
- Upper or abdominal obesity is known to increase health risk. (drnamitajain.com)
- These measures allowed researchers to assess the effects of shift work and extended work hours on officer stress and fatigue, and examine the effects of work-related stress and fatigue on cardiovascular and metabolic disease risk. (cdc.gov)
- Through logistic regression, we analyzed the factors influencing abdominal obesity and the relationship between abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. (jomes.org)
- Second, to compare the ability of each of the measures to predict five-year risk of diabetes. (sahmri.org.au)
- Body fat percentage (BFP) is strongly associated with the risk of several chronic diseases and a massive increased fat mass leads to obesity defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation [ 2 ]. (biomedcentral.com)