Risk Assessment of Dyslipidemias, Hyperglycemia, Hyperuricemia, and Hypertension Utilizing Self-Reported Body Silhouettes

Abstract

Objective. Self-reported body silhouette is an anthropometric instrument that has been utilized as a screening tool for underweight, overweight, obesity, and other abnormal anthropometric variables. Herein, we analyzed the risk associated with the self-reported body silhouette in the scope of dyslipidemias, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, and hypertension. Methods. Adult participants of the Health Workers Cohort Study enrolled between March 2004 and April 2006 were included. Then, risk analysis was performed considering dyslipidemias as serum triglycerides, high total cholesterol, high LDL-C, low HDL-C, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, and hypertension. Results. A total of 2,297 males and 5,003 females were analyzed. The median ages of the studied population was 39 (30–49) and 41 (31–50) years for males and females, respectively. Overall, there is a stepwise increase in the risk of presenting dyslipidemias, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, and hypertension as the self-reported body silhouette number increases, this tendency was observed in both males and females. Conclusion. Self-reported body silhouette is a useful risk assessment tool for dyslipidemias, hyperglycemia, hyperuricemia, and hypertension in Mexican adults. Applications of questioners containing this silhouette might be considered a valuable public health instrument due to their low cost, relative simplicity, and absence of specialized equipment, training, or respondent knowledge.

Assessment of the correlation between KAP scores regarding sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and hyperuricemia amongst Chinese young adults

“…In addition, sugar-sweetened beverages potentially have addictive effects [ 25 ], and such addiction could preclude individuals from seeing harm in such beverages. Still, having a proper practice toward sugar-sweetened beverages is important as the consumption of these beverages over the long-term will have detrimental effects on health, including hyperuricemia, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia and their complications such as chronic kidney diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular diseases [ 10 , 11 ]. The female gender was not associated with the KAP scores.…”

“…Indeed, fructose metabolism generates uric acid salts as byproducts, contributing to hyperuricemia [ 7 – 9 ]. Moreover, such metabolism perturbations can give rise to other metabolic disorders, including dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia, which are also public health issues [ 10 , 11 ]. Sugar-sweetened beverages, replete with substantial fructose content, have thus emerged as pivotal factors linked to hyperuricemia [ 12 , 13 ].…”