Coronary artery disease in Iranian overweight women

Chinikar, Madjid; Maddah, Mohsen; Hoda, Saba

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.103

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“…The samples were from white (12,17,39,47,115), Asian (37,42,62,96), Hispanic (21), and multiple racial and ethnic groups (51,61,109). Of these 19 samples, 37% (seven samples) showed statistically significant associations between WC measurement and CVD (12,37,42,51,61) (midpoint, three samples; minimal waist, four), and 37% (seven samples) showed non-significant relationships (17,39,47,109,115) (midpoint, two samples; minimal waist, two; iliac crest, two; and 1 inch above umbilicus, one). Of the remaining 26% (five samples), four demonstrated statistically significant associations in basic models.…”

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Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?

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There is currently no consensus regarding the optimal protocol for measurement of waist circumference (WC), and no scientific rationale is provided for any of the WC protocols recommended by leading health authorities. A panel of experts conducted a systematic review of 120 studies (236 samples) to determine whether measurement protocol influenced the relationship of WC with morbidity of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes and with mortality from all causes and from CVD. Statistically significant associations with WC were reported for 65% (152) of the samples across all outcomes combined. Common WC protocols performed measurement at the minimal waist (33%), midpoint (26%) and umbilicus (27%). Non-significant associations were reported for 27% (64) of the samples. Most of these protocols measured WC at the midpoint (36%), umbilicus (28%) or minimal waist (25%). Significant associations were observed for 17 of the remaining 20 samples, but these were not significant when adjustment was made for covariates. For these samples, the most common WC protocols were the midpoint (35%) and umbilicus (30%). Similar patterns of association between the outcomes and all WC protocols were observed across sample size, sex, age, race and ethnicity. Our findings suggest that WC measurement protocol has no substantial influence on the association between WC, all-cause and CVD mortality, CVD and diabetes.

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Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?

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“…While in many developing countries direct association between obesity and education was reported [5,6] there is an inverse association between educational levels and both BMI [7] and coronary artery disease [8,9] in Iranian women but not men. These results showed that the trend in the association between education and obesity in the study physicians are the same as the general population in Iran.…”

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Obesity and dyslipidemia among young general physicians in Iran

Maddah

2007

International Journal of Cardiology

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“…22 Another relevant finding from population surveys is that the least physi-cally active population segment is Arab women. Nevertheless, other Middle Eastern populations, some in remote areas such as Iran and Turkey, tend to have similar characteristics 25,26 as do Jewish women, MI survivors from Middle Eastern backgrounds, 7 and Jordanian women with CAD. 24 Whether obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes mellitus, CAD complex, or the cardiometabolic syndrome reflects genetic or environmental susceptibilities is not yet known.…”

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“…24 Whether obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes mellitus, CAD complex, or the cardiometabolic syndrome reflects genetic or environmental susceptibilities is not yet known. Nevertheless, other Middle Eastern populations, some in remote areas such as Iran and Turkey, tend to have similar characteristics 25,26 as do Jewish women, MI survivors from Middle Eastern backgrounds, 7 and Jordanian women with CAD. 27 Immigrants from the Middle East to Europe or the United States also have similar risk factor clusters that are quite distinct from what characterizes the population into which they have immigrated.…”

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Ethnic Gap in Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison of the Extent, Severity, and Risk Factors in Arab and Jewish Middle‐Aged Women

Salameh

Hochner‐Celnikier

Chajek-Shaul

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J Cardiometabolic Synd

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The authors examined risk factors and extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) among Jewish and Arab women in Jerusalem, where Arab women were found to have worse outcome. All angiographically confirmed cases of CAD among women aged 45 to 65 years who were hospitalized during 1990 to 1995 consisted of 40 Arab and 179 Jewish patients. Arab women had more atypical clinical presentations (P<.0001) and more extensive CAD (P=.0016) despite younger age (53+/-3 vs 55+/-5 years; P<.0003) and lesser smoking (P<.0006). The Arab women, however, were more likely to be obese (80% vs 46%; P=.0002), be physically inactive (100% vs 89%; P=.0285), and have diabetes mellitus (73% vs 40%; P=.0004). Moreover, they were more likely to have 3 or more risk factors (45% vs 23%; P=.036). Thus, a combination of an atypical presentation and higher risk (ie, diabetes mellitus combined with hypertension and other risk factors) and much more extensive disease readily explains their worse outcome.

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Coronary artery disease in Iranian overweight women

Cited by 12 publications

References 14 publications

Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?

Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?

Obesity and dyslipidemia among young general physicians in Iran

Ethnic Gap in Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison of the Extent, Severity, and Risk Factors in Arab and Jewish Middle‐Aged Women

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