Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk.
By Ian Janssen, P. Katzmarzyk, R. Ross. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004
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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology
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- The incidence of co-morbidities related to obesity and overweight: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2009, background): “In addition, WC measurements were considered to be the better risk predictor for type II diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, stroke and gallbladder disease [16-24].”
- Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry for Quantification of Visceral Fat (2012, background): “Therefore, anthropometric measurements such as the waist size and the waist-to-hip ratio have been shown in epidemiological studies to predict adverse outcomes (5,7,8).”
- Visceral Fat Is an Independent Predictor of All‐cause Mortality in Men (2006, background): “Abdominal adiposity as measured by waist circumference is a significant predictor of morbidity (3) and mortality (4) independently of BMI.”
- Body mass index, waist circumference and waist:hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular risk—a review of the literature (2010, background): “, 1997; Welborn and Dhaliwal, 2007), waist:hip ratio (WHR) (Jansses et al., 2004; Bigaard et al., 2005) and the waist:height ratio (WHtR) (Ho et al.”
- Midlife and late-life obesity and the risk of dementia: cardiovascular health study. (2009, background): “Waist circumference and WHR have been proposed as better adiposity measures in elderly people.(19,37,38) One study(18) in New York City foundthatelevatedwaistcircumferencewasrelatedtohigher dementia risk in persons aged 65 to 76 years, but not in those older than 76 years, and to higher risk of VaD ”
- Obesity in older adults: technical review and position statement of the American Society for Nutrition and NAASO, The Obesity Society. (2005, neutral): “Waist circumference is an independent predictor of hypertension, and in some studies was a better predictor of hypertension than was BMI (61).”
- Concentrations of Urinary Phthalate Metabolites Are Associated with Increased Waist Circumference and Insulin Resistance in Adult U.S. Males (2007, background): “Although these conditions are closely related, they represent key precursors, alone or in combination, to the development of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Janssen et al. 2004; Reaven 1988).”