Waist circumference and cardiometabolic parameters in people of African/Caribbean ancestry with HIV in South London (CKD-AFRICA study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are no validated waist circumference (WC) cut-offs to define metabolic syndrome in Black people with HIV.

Methods

Cross-sectional analyses within the CKD-AFRICA study. We used Pearson correlation coefficients and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves to describe the relationship between WC and cardiometabolic parameters including triglycerides, cholesterol, glucose, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), and to identify optimal WC cut-offs for each of these outcomes.

Results

We included 383 participants (55% female, median age 52 years) with generally well controlled HIV. Female and male participants had similar WC (median 98 vs. 97 cm, p = .16). Generally weak correlations (r

SUBMITTER: Cechin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11157977 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature