Is waist circumference per body mass index rising differentially across the United States, England, China and Mexico?

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Little is known about whether waist circumference (WC) has increased disproportionately relative to body mass index (BMI) around the world.

Subjects/methods

Data came from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994 and 2007-2010), Health Survey for England (1992-1993 and 2008-2009); the Mexican Nutrition Survey (1999) and the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHNS 2012); and the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1993 and 2011). Country- and sex-stratified (for the United States, also race-/ethnicity-stratified) multivariable linear regressions were used to estimate mean difference in WC over time relative to BMI at specified overweight and obesity cutoff points, adjusting for age and survey year.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Albrecht SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4966607 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature