Indicators of abdominal size relative to height associated with sex, age, socioeconomic position and ancestry among US adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The supine sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) and standing waist circumference (WC) describe abdominal size. The SAD/height ratio (SADHtR) or WC/height ratio (WHtR) may better identify cardiometabolic disorders than BMI (weight/height2), but population-based distributions of SADHtR and WHtR are not widely available. Abdominal adiposity may differ by sociodemographic characteristics.

Subjects/methods

Anthropometry, including SAD by sliding-beam caliper, was performed on 9894 non-pregnant adults ≥20 years in the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys of 2011-2014. Applying survey design factors and sampling weights, we estimated nationally representative SADHtR and WHtR distributions by sex, age, educational attainment, and four ancestral gro

SUBMITTER: Kahn HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332027 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature