Abstract
To determine 'alarm and action levels' of waist circumference (WC) in overweight and obese Turkish women and investigate the relationship with cardiovascular risk factors.Research subjects and methods: Four thousand three hundred and seventy-five women aged 18-81 years selected from Istanbul Faculty of Medicine Obesity outpatient clinic. WC, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index [(BMI) (weight (kg)/height (m(2)))], blood pressure, and biochemical parameters were analyzed. There was strong correlation between BMI and WC levels (r: 0.852). The regression equation which describes this correlation [WC = 1.68 × BMI (kg/m(2)) + 39.2 ± 1.6] was applied to 500 random samples in order to define alarm and action levels for WC. Our results indicated that alarm level of WC at BMI 25 kg/m(2) is 81 cm and action level of WC at BMI 30 kg/m(2) is 90 cm. Validating samples were divided into three groups: group I (WC levels below 81 cm, n: 421), group II (WC levels between 81 and 90 cm, n: 718), group III (WC levels above 90 cm, n: 2736) and further correlative analyses were performed. Strong differences within alarm and action groups in terms of cardiovascular risk factors were identified. The prevalence and mean values of cardiovascular ri...Continue Reading
References
May 12, 1984·British Medical Journal·B LarssonG Tibblin
Jul 15, 1995·BMJ : British Medical Journal·M E LeanC E Morrison
Sep 1, 1995·International Journal of Cardiology·R BeegomR B Singh
Dec 1, 1995·Obesity Research·H TanakaM Shindo
Jul 1, 1997·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·T S HanM E Lean
Nov 22, 1997·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·G T KoC S Cockram
Jan 4, 1998·Journal of Internal Medicine·J C SeidellM E Lean
Mar 17, 1999·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·A MolariusK Kuulasmaa
May 26, 1999·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·L DiPietroE R Nadel
Jul 13, 1999·International Journal of Cardiology·A OnatO Uysal
Mar 7, 2000·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·I S OkosunR S Cooper
Jan 11, 2000·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·S C SavvaA Kafatos
May 23, 2001·JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association·UNKNOWN Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults
Dec 26, 2001·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·S C HoE D Janus
Jan 10, 2002·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·A BerberL Sánchez-Reyes
Jun 6, 2002·Biomedical and Environmental Sciences : BES·Bei-Fan Zhou, UNKNOWN Cooperative Meta-Analysis Group of the Working Group on Obesity in China
Jun 6, 2002·Cadernos de saúde pública·Gustavo Velasquez-MelendezEmerson Silami Garcia
Aug 21, 2002·International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·W-Y LinK-C Huang
Aug 28, 2002·Diabetes Care·Ilhan SatmanHilary King
Jan 17, 2004·Lancet·UNKNOWN WHO Expert Consultation
Mar 25, 2004·Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health·F M Moy, A S Atiya
Jul 29, 2004·European Journal of Clinical Nutrition·P MirmiranF Azizi
Aug 16, 2005·The American Journal of Cardiology·Robert W MahleyGuy M Pépin
Sep 29, 2005·International Journal of Obesity : Journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity·A MisraV P Gupta