Optimal central obesity measurement site for assessing cardiometabolic and type 2 diabetes risk in middle-aged adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite recommendations that central obesity assessment should be employed as a marker of cardiometabolic health, no consensus exists regarding measurement protocol. This study examined a range of anthropometric variables and their relationships with cardiometabolic features and type 2 diabetes in order to ascertain whether measurement site influences discriminatory accuracy. In particular, we compared waist circumference (WC) measured at two sites: (1) immediately below the lowest rib (WC rib) and (2) between the lowest rib and iliac crest (WC midway), which has been recommended by the World Health Organisation and International Diabetes Federation.

Materials and methods

This was a cross-sectional study involving a random sample of 2,002 men and women aged 46-73

SUBMITTER: Millar SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4456242 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature