[PDF] Top 20 Combined Influence of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference on Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents

... CAD risk factors among school-aged youths and young adults from Bogalusa, a semirural (total popu- lation: ⬃ 22 000) biracial ( ⬃ 35% black and 65% white) community in ...for children and 60% ... See full document

... standardized waist circumference and BMI thresholds to predict the elevated risk cluster group ( ⱖ 3 risk factors) in the 4 gender/race groups ... See full document

... cardiovascular risk factors (Sjostrom et al, ...an index of upper body fat distribution can be used to identify overweight and obese ...between waist circumference/ body ... See full document

... distribution. Among these, body mass index is the best studied predictor of risk of complica- tions related to obesity ...cardiovascular disease and maturity-onset diabetes ...of ... See full document

... 4,219 children during the study period [33]. All children from ...excluded children with a known history of of chronic illnesses such as chronic respiratory disease, diabetes mellitus, ... See full document

... as waist circumference with ethnicity specific values) plus any two of the follow- ing four: elevated triglycerides(> 150 mg/dl), low high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol < 40 mg/dl in men and ... See full document

... the index study, this was not surprising because of the occupation of population sampled which included mainly undergraduates amongst whom young adults constituted the vast ... See full document

... all body anthropometric factors evaluated in this study (p < ...these factors, Mallampati score increases, while this relationship is reverse in the case of ...height, waist ... See full document

... hip circumference, WC and measures based on these ...an index comprising WC was the largest in the regressions of each outcome for men, and of log (glucose) for ... See full document

... of body shape index (ABSI) and body roundness index (BRI) with waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), ... See full document

... A number of recent studies in ethnically and geo- graphically diverse populations have suggested that WC is increasing at a faster rate than weight [10–12]. For example, for Australian adults between 1995 and 2012, WC ... See full document

... mal body composition in all anthropometric indices using the commonly used cut-off points, there was high level of variation between these anthropometric markers in estimating prevalence of above normal ... See full document

... A statistical test of heterogeneity was performed for the selected studies. It was estimated by the Cochran Q test and I 2 statistic. The heterogeneity was confirmed with a significance level of p ≤ 0.10. The I 2 ... See full document

... Generally, the more built up of adipose tissue is linked with increased in the production of pro-inflammatory molecules, likewise, decreased adiposity is related to a reduction in the level of pro-inflammatory as well as ... See full document

... notch index, which is the ratio between RDNP and pulse pressure, is also significantly different between the survival and non-survival groups while pulse pressure is not significantly different between those ... See full document

... the risk of diabetes or prediabetes for the 10th percentile of adiposity indices in men and ...note, among men, those with a high visceral fat mass had by far the highest association ...high ... See full document

... and body mass were measured for the calculation of the body mass index ...hip circumference was measured around the widest portion of the ...Percentage body fat and lean ... See full document

... muscle mass and adipose tissue, with the latter being more rele- vant to metabolic ...percent body fat was linearly related to BMI among adults with BMI <27, but the relationship was leveled off ... See full document

... diometabolic risk factor sets for women and men, respectively. For every risk factor set, the WC prediction model is slightly more successful ...particular risk factor set) for women than for ...this ... See full document

... UKPDS risk engine was recently evaluated, and a similar dis- crimination of the model for patients with diabetes dur- ation >10 years or <10 years was demonstrated ...CHD risk (data not ...actual ... See full document