Visceral Fat Mass Has Stronger Associations with Diabetes and Prediabetes than Other Anthropometric Obesity Indicators among Korean Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study determined which obesity measurement correlates the best with diabetes and prediabetes.

Materials and methods

This cross-sectional study enrolled 1603 subjects (611 men, 992 women; age 30-64 years) at the Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Etiology Research Center. Body mass index, waist circumference, waist-height ratio, waist-hip ratio, waist-thigh ratio, and visceral fat were used as measures of obesity. Visceral fat was acquired using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The prevalences of diabetes and prediabetes were defined using the criteria in the American Diabetes Association 2015 guidelines.

Results

After adjusting for age and other potential confounding factors, participants with a visceral fat mass in the upper 10th percentile had

SUBMITTER: Jung SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4800358 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature