Determination of the cutoff point for waist circumference that establishes the presence of abdominal obesity in Latin American men and women

Aschner, Pablo; Buendia, Richard; Brajkovich, Imperia; Gonzalez, Antonio; Figueredo, Rafael; Juarez, Xiomara E.; Uriza, Felipe; Gómez, Ana María; Ponte, Carlos I.

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2011.05.002

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“…In addition, the proportion of men and women with WC cut-offs that identified people with abdominal obesity were calculated. The cut-offs used were WC ≥ 94 cm for men and WC ≥ 90 cm for women as suggested by Aschner and colleagues 18 for the general population of Hispanics from the Latin America region. Chi-square analyses were used to examine differences in the proportion of male and female SOI participants who were overweight/obese (BMI ≥ 25) as well as the proportion of participants with a WC higher than the cutoff for abdominal obesity.…”

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Body mass index and waist circumference of Latin American adult athletes with intellectual disability

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Objectives. To examine both body mass index (BMI) status and waist circunference (WC) in a large international sample of adult Special Olympics participants from Latin America. It also explored the association of age and sex with obesity in this population. Materials and methods. BMI and WC records from a total of 4 174 (2 683 male and 1 491 female) participant records from the Special Olympics International Health Promotion database were examined. Results. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was quite high (i.e. > 40%), but generally lower than studies involving adults with intellectual disabilities from Europe and the USA. Chi-square analyses revealed that both increasing age and being female significantly predicted levels of overweight, obesity, and WC. Conclusions. These results suggest that efforts need to be made to prevent and reduce rates of overweight and obesity among Latin American Special Olympics participants, particularly women.

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Body mass index and waist circumference of Latin American adult athletes with intellectual disability

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“…Para definir o ponto de corte da obesidade abdominal na América Latina, um estudo recente (64), o qual incluiu as capitais de vários países, recomendou valores de cintura iguais ou maiores que 94 cm para os homens e 88 cm para as mulheres. No entanto, vários estudos independentes realizados em diferentes populações da América Latina têm demonstrado que os pontos de corte sugeridos pela IDF (90 cm para homens e 80 cm para mulheres) são os que melhor se relacionam com a presença dos outros componentes da síndrome metabólica (27,28,30,34,36).…”

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Latin American consensus on hypertension in patients with diabetes type 2 and metabolic syndrome

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Journal of Hypertension

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“…However, visceral adipose tissue has a higher rate of lipolysis and therefore produces more adipocytokines, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and plasminogen activator inhibitor-120 (PAI-1). Several studies have suggested that visceral adiposity is validated for the prediction of MetS [12,13,15,16,24,31].…”

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“…Group with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS): patients between 30 and 70 years old and who presented three or more criteria for Metabolic Syndrome established in the ATPIII except the WC, which was taken as reference to the Latin American population by GLESMO [31] 90 cm for Female sex and 94 cm male sex. Group with cardiovascular event (CVD): Patients between 30 and 70 years old and who presented the TIMI score criteria [20] for acute coronary syndrome during the first three months of the event, nor did they present the diagnosis of T2DM.…”

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Lipid Accumulation Product (LAP) and Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) a Simple and Clinically Useful Surrogate Marker for Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Predictor in Non-diabetic Venezuelan Adults

Velasco¹

2017

J.Pharm Pharm Scien

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Objective: To evaluate and compare the relationship between Lipid Accumulation Product (LAP) and Visceral Adiposity index (VAI) with the components of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Venezuelan adults. Methods:Cross-sectional, observational analytical study, comprising 332 individuals selected at the Endocrine Service of the Hospital Militar "Dr Carlos Arvelo". Anthropometry (BMI, WC) and fasting biochemical parameters (TG, HDLcholesterol) were measured and the LAP and VAI (fats indexes) were estimated. Patients were classified into 3 groups with and without Metabolic Syndrome following the ATPIII criteria and a group with Cardiovascular Disease (CVD).Results: 73.17% of the individuals were female and 26.82% were male, with 123 (37.04%) individuals without Metabolic Syndrome (non-MetS), 137 (41.27%) with Metabolic Syndrome and 72 (21.68%) with CVD. In the group without Metabolic Syndrome, we found: LAP (6.72 -26.28) and VAI (0.71 -1.85), for the group with Metabolic Syndrome: LAP (42.09 -108.57) and VAI (1.11 -4.15), with significant differences between groups (p <0.005) and in the CVD group and .Discussion: the results obtained agreed with studies carried out in different populations and ethnic groups (Asia, Middle East and Latin America), indicating that the LAP index obtained better precision for MetS screening, regardless of gender and BMI, the VAI index was best predictor of Cardiovascular Disease.

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Determination of the cutoff point for waist circumference that establishes the presence of abdominal obesity in Latin American men and women

Cited by 110 publications

References 21 publications

Body mass index and waist circumference of Latin American adult athletes with intellectual disability

Body mass index and waist circumference of Latin American adult athletes with intellectual disability

Latin American consensus on hypertension in patients with diabetes type 2 and metabolic syndrome

Lipid Accumulation Product (LAP) and Visceral Adiposity Index (VAI) a Simple and Clinically Useful Surrogate Marker for Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease Predictor in Non-diabetic Venezuelan Adults

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