Comparison of adiposity indicators associated with fasting-state insulinemia, triglyceridemia, and related risk biomarkers in a nationally representative, adult population.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We hypothesized that height-corrected abdominal size (supine sagittal abdominal diameter/height ratio [SADHtR] or waist circumference/height ratio [WHtR]) would associate more strongly than body mass index (BMI, weight/height²) with levels of fasting insulin, triglycerides, and three derived biomarkers of insulin resistance.

Methods

Anthropometry, including SAD by caliper, was collected on 4398 adults in the 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. For comparison purposes, each adiposity indicator was scaled to its population-based, sex-specific, interquartile range (IQR). For each biomarker we created four outcome groups based on equal-sized populations with ascending values. Multivariable polytomous logistic regression modeled the relatio

SUBMITTER: Kahn HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6003239 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature