Hip Circumference is an Important Predictor of Plasma C-reactive Protein Levels in Overweight and Obese Taiwanese Women

Jou, Hei-Jen; Hsu, I-Ping; Ling, Pei-Ying; Lin, Charles; Tsai, Suei-Tsau; Huang, Hui-Ting; Wu, Songping

doi:10.1016/s1028-4559(09)60227-8

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“…BAI, a method of estimating body adiposity without assessment of body weight [31], offers a simple-to-use tool, is more accurate indicator than that achieved by other measures of body size. In the present study, the CG individuals have been found to have a higher value of BAI ( Figure 2); this can be attributed to their larger hip circumferences [20], which is an indicator of higher plasma CRP, indicating insulin resistance and metabolic disorder, in obese females [32]. The mean Body Mass Abdominal Index (BMAI) of the DG individuals (27.9) is significantly lower (P < 0.01) than their CG counterparts (30.0) which reduce the likelihood of having health related co -morbidities in the DG individuals.…”

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Impact of Dancing on Obesity Indices on Bengalee Female Adolescents of Kolkata

Chatterjee¹,

Banerjee²,

Santra³

et al. 2014

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Growth spurts generally occurs at adolescents when favourable conditions operate throughout the entire period of growth. This growth, especially in terms of body height, is a mark of a country's socio-economic improvement as well as a child's general condition or health. But along with this growth, the change in the lifestyle is resulting in excess body weight or obesity a serious public health challenge of the 21 st century. On the other hand, movement, a basic form of communication, through dance, helps in recreation and to express. In this backdrop, a study has been undertaken to observe the influence of dancing on growth in terms of body height and obesity indices like WHR, WHtR, BAI, BMAI, HAI, CI and CFR in Bengalee female adolescents of Kolkata. 33 adolescent female individuals, receiving dance training for a minimum period of 5 years and practicing regularly for at least an hour for 6 days in a week constituted the dancing group (DG). The control group (CG) had 37 female individuals of comparable age and socio-economic background, but not receiving training in any form of dance or exercise. It was found that the adolescent female individuals practicing dance regularly have significantly (P < 0.05) higher growth but significantly (P < 0.05) lower obesity indices compared to their age matched counterparts. It may be concluded that dance is a cost effective beneficial way of exercising; it can serve as potential tool for growth and optimum body composition in Bengalee female adolescents of Kolkata.

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Impact of Dancing on Obesity Indices on Bengalee Female Adolescents of Kolkata

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Santra³

et al. 2014

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“…This association was not detected in men. [36] HC has been found to be an important predictor of plasma CRP as it is found to correlate directly in overweight and obese Taiwanese women. [37] This study create an insight to the fact that our study population was male subjects so it is likely to have inverse correlation of HC to ABPI-LOW.…”

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Association between modified ankle-brachial pressure index and indices of adiposity

Ranjan

Sarvottam

Yadav

2021

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Objectives: Obesity is one of the important risk factors for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Ankle-brachial pressure index (ABPI) is a non-invasive test, which may be used for earlier detection of PAD. ABPI in healthy obese/overweight subjects has not been studied. In present study, we investigated correlation of adiposity indices with ABPI. We have also compared ABPI by three different methods in healthy obese/overweight subjects. Materials and Methods: Weight, height, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, hip circumference (HC), waist height ratio, waist hip ratio, skin fold thickness, and body fat percentage were measured in 45 healthy overweight/obese males. Ankle and brachial pressures were measured by Doppler ultrasound based method. ABPI was calculated using high ankle pressure (ABPI-HIGH), mean ankle pressure (ABPI-MEAN), and low ankle pressure (ABPI-LOW) methods. Results: BMI and HC show positive significant correlation with ABPI-LOW (P = 0.028, P = 0.046, respectively). Significant difference was observed between ABPI-LOW and ABPI-HIGH (P = 0.003). ABPI-MEAN and ABPILOW were also significantly different (P < 0.001). Conclusion: There is a correlation of obesity indices with ABPI-LOW. ABPI-LOW methods could be more appropriate method and contrastingly HC may have direct correlation with PAD detection by ABPI in apparently healthy obese.

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