Comparison of anthropometric indices for predicting the risk of metabolic syndrome and its components in Chinese adults: a prospective, longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our study aimed to distinguish the ability of anthropometric indices to assess the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS).

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Shenyang, China.

Participants

A total of 379 residents aged between 40 and 65 were enrolled. 253 of them were free of MetS and had been followed up for 4.5 years.

Methods

At baseline, all the participants underwent a thorough medical examination. A variety of anthropometric parameters were measured and calculated, including waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), a body shape index (ABSI), abdominal volume index (AVI), body adiposity index, body roundness index, conicity index, waist-to-hip ratio and visceral adiposity index (VAI). After 4.5 year follow-up, we re-examined whethe

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623484 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature