Anthropometric measurements of general and central obesity and the prediction of cardiovascular disease risk in women: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It is important to ascertain which anthropometric measurements of obesity, general or central, are better predictors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in women. 10-year CVD risk was calculated from the Framingham risk score model, SCORE risk chart for high-risk regions, general CVD and simplified general CVD risk score models. Increase in CVD risk associated with 1 SD increment in each anthropometric measurement above the mean was calculated, and the diagnostic utility of obesity measures in identifying participants with increased likelihood of being above the treatment threshold was assessed.

Design

Cross-sectional data from the National Heart Foundation Risk Factor Prevalence Study.

Setting

Population-based survey in Australia.

Participants

4487

SUBMITTER: Goh LG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3918987 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature