Obesity in Older Adults and Associations with Cardiovascular Structure and Function.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Body mass index (BMI), despite being widely used as a marker of obesity, fails to fully capture cardiovascular risks as it is an insufficient biomarker of abdominal adiposity, unlike waist circumference (WC). We aimed to characterize associations between BMI and WC with cardiovascular structure and function in older adults.

Methods

Among an observational cohort study of a community of older adults, transthoracic echocardiography determined cardiovascular structure and function, while aerobic capacity was determined by peak oxygen uptake (VO2) metrics. The cut-offs for obesity were 27.5 kg/m2 for BMI, and >90 cm for males and >80 cm for females for WC.

Results

Of 970 older adults without cardiovascular disease (mean age 73 ± 4 years, 432 [44%] males), 124

SUBMITTER: Tan YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9209947 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature