Feasibility of waist-to-height ratio to evaluate the body composition of people aged 60-69 years in Hubei minority areas
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-9026.2014.04.025
- VernacularTitle:腰围身高比评价湖北省少数民族地区老年人身体成分的可行性
- Author:
Dongye NI
;
Xiaoli LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Waist to-height ratio;
Body size;
Body constitution
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2014;33(4):433-435
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the feasibility of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) to reflect the body composition of people aged 60-69 years in Hubei minority areas.Methods A total of 398 eligible residents between 60-69 years old were selected through a stratified sampling method.Body height,weight,waist circumference,hip circumference and skinfold thickness were measured at the interview.Bland-Altman analysis was applied to estimate the consistency among WHtR,body mass index (BMI),waist-to-hip ratio (WHR),and Suzuki-changling formula.Results After standardization,the mean of WHtR and BMI was 0.007,the mean of WHtR and WHR was 0.007,and the mean of WHtR and Suzuki-changling formula was 0.711,which revealed that there were good consistency among WHtR,BMI,WHR and Suzuki-changling formula.Conclusions WHtR may serve as an typical index to reflect the body composition of people aged 60-69 years in Hubei minority areas.
