2015
DOI: 10.17795/jhealthscope-25120
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Anthropometric Indices and Their Relationship With Coronary Artery Diseases

Abstract: Background: Despite efforts made by the medical community and public health officials for combating 76 obesity, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased over the past 20 years. 77 Obesity was associated with some cardiovascular risk factors and increased the incidence of 78 cardiovascular disease. Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) in patients with obesity 79 will affect secondary prevention of the disease and management programs; for this reason it is 80 necessary to use a suitable metho… Show more

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“…However, WC and WHtR showed no significant differences. Our finding is consistent with the work of [1,31,32]. Syed [1], reported increased levels of anthropometric data such as WC, BMI and WHR in individuals with attributes of cardiovascular risks such as obesity and type 2 diabetics.…”
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“…However, WC and WHtR showed no significant differences. Our finding is consistent with the work of [1,31,32]. Syed [1], reported increased levels of anthropometric data such as WC, BMI and WHR in individuals with attributes of cardiovascular risks such as obesity and type 2 diabetics.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 93%
“…More so, WHR indicated significant positive correlation and NHDL, AC, CRI-1 and CRI-2. This finding is in concordance with the works of [5,7,24,31]. Shabara and Shatida [5], reported positive correlation between WHR and CRI-1 as well as between WC and CRI-1 in obese Punjabi subjects.…”
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“…However, the measurement of WC in overweight/obese men correlated more strongly with MeS [ 41 ]. This is another index that provides satisfactory and similar performances to discriminate high coronary risks [ 42 ].…”
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confidence: 99%