The Relationship between Waist Circumference/Height Ratio and Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease in Obese Females.
- Author:
Seok Won KIM
1
;
Jae Hyeon KWON
;
Jung Geum YOON
;
Hyuck Ki LEE
;
Keun Mi LEE
;
Seung Pil JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea. spjung@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
adult obese female;
body mass index;
central obesity;
waist circumference/height ratio;
risk factors of cardiovascular disease
- MeSH:
Adult;
Blood Glucose;
Body Mass Index;
Cardiovascular Diseases*;
Female;
Humans;
Hypercholesterolemia;
Hypertension;
Hypertriglyceridemia;
Male;
Obesity;
Obesity, Abdominal;
Odds Ratio;
Prevalence;
Risk Factors*
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
2004;25(10):740-745
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: In this study we estimated the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors according to waist-to- height ratio (W/Ht ratio) in adult obese women to ensure the importance of abdominal obesity and determined the usefulness of W/Ht ratio as a index of abdominal obesity in adult obese women. METHODS: The study subjects were 190 adult obese women who visited an obesity clinic from August, 2001 to January, 2003. They were divided into 4 groups: Group 1; BMI<30, W/Ht<0.6, Group 2; BMI<30, W/Ht> or =0.6, Group 3; BMI> or =30, W/Ht<0.6, and Group 4; BMI> or =30, W/Ht> or =0.6. In each group, we compared the prevalence and odds ratio for CV risk factors. RESULTS: In obese group, the prevalence of high blood glucose (P<0.01), hypertriglyceridemia (P<0.01) were significantly higher in group 2 than group 1. In high obese group, the prevalence of systolic hypertension (P<0.01), high blood glucose (P<0.01), hypercholesterolemia (P<0.01), hypertriglyceridemia (P<0.05), and high LDL-cholesterol were significantly higher in group 4 than group 3. When odds ratio for each group with reference to group 1 were compared after adjusting for age, high blood glucose (4.48), and hypertriglyceridemia (6.10) in group 2, and systolic hypertension (2.69), high blood glucose (3.02), and hypertriglyceridemia (4.00) in group 4 were significantly higher. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of CV risk factors were likely to be increased in higher W/Ht group independently to BMI. W/Ht ratio can be a simple, useful index for abdominal obesity and its related risk factors not only in adult males but also in adult obese women.
