Anthropometrically predicted visceral adipose tissue and blood-based biomarkers: a cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We hypothesized that anthropometrically predicted visceral adipose tissue (apVAT) accounts for more variance in blood-based biomarkers of glucose homeostasis, inflammation, and lipid metabolism than body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and the combination of BMI and WC (BMI + WC).

Methods

This was a cross-sectional analysis of 10,624 males and females who participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III; 1988-1994). apVAT was predicted from a validated regression equation that included age, height, weight, waist, and thigh circumferences. Bootstrapped linear regression models were used to compare the proportion of variance (R ²) in biomarkers explained by apVAT, BMI, WC, and BMI + WC.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Brown JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513780 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature