Waist to Height Ratio as a Predictor of Abdominal Fat Distribution in Men

Wu, Hongyan; Xu, Shuang-ying; Chen, Lulu; Zhang, Huifang

doi:10.4077/cjp.2009.amh064

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“…We defined abdominal obesity based on WC measurements. While some studies have introduced WC as a better anthropometric measure than waist-to-hip and waist-to-height ratios for central fat accumulation [59,60], others have failed to confirm this [61]. This is of particular importance in Middle Eastern countries, where an exact definition of abdominal obesity still needs further investigation.…”

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Nutrient patterns and their relation to general and abdominal obesity in Iranian adults: findings from the SEPAHAN study

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Nutrient patterns and their relation to general and abdominal obesity in Iranian adults: findings from the SEPAHAN study

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“…Previous studies have shown that WHtR was strongly associated with visceral adipose tissue [23], while adiponectin was inversely associated with visceral adipose tissue [21,22]. Furthermore, WHtR has been reported to be a stronger predictor of visceral adipose tissue than BMI or WC among adults [24,25]. Therefore, WHtR could be the most useful anthropometric variable for predicting adiponectin levels, which suggests that the monitoring of WHtR is an effective tool for the prevention of MetS, especially among obese students, because the correlation coefficients were consistently higher in the obesity groups than in the non-obesity groups.…”

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High-molecular-weight adiponectin and anthropometric variables among elementary schoolchildren: a population-based cross-sectional study in Japan

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BackgroundStudies about the relationship between high-molecular-weight adiponectin (HMW-adn) and anthropometric variables among population-based elementary schoolchildren have been too limited, especially in Japan, where blood collection is not usually performed in the annual health examination at elementary schools. The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between HMW-adn and anthropometric variables (body mass index [BMI], percent body fat [%BF], waist circumference [WC], and waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]) among population-based elementary schoolchildren in Japan.MethodsSubjects comprised all fourth-grade schoolchildren (9 or 10 years of age) in the town of Ina, Saitama Prefecture, Japan during 2005–2008 (N = 1675). After excluding 21 subjects because of refusal to participate or incomplete data, data from a total of 1654 subjects (846 boys and 808 girls) were analyzed. The height, weight, %BF, and WC of each subject were measured, while blood samples were drawn from the subjects to measure adiponectin levels (HMW-adn and total adiponectin). Childhood obesity was determined according to the age- and sex-specific cut-off points proposed by the International Obesity Task Force. Spearman’s correlation coefficients between adiponectin levels and anthropometric variables were calculated for each sex.ResultsThe anthropometric variables were negatively correlated with HMW-adn in both boys and girls. Correlation coefficients of HMW-adn with anthropometric variables in the obesity group were consistently higher than those in the non-obesity group among both boys and girls. In addition, only WHtR was significantly correlated with HMW-adn regardless of sex and physique (obesity or non-obesity); the correlation coefficient was -0.386 among boys and -0.543 among girls in the obesity group, while it was -0.124 among boys and -0.081 among girls in the non-obesity group.ConclusionsHMW-adn was negatively correlated with anthropometric variables, while the correlation coefficients of HMW-adn with anthropometric variables in the obesity group were consistently higher than those in the non-obesity group. Moreover, only WHtR was significantly associated with HMW-adn regardless of sex and physique. The results of this study suggested that it is useful to monitor WHtR as a surrogate for HMW-adn among elementary school students, especially obese children.

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“…Despite not being accepted consensually (3,4) , WHtR was further suggested to be preferable to other indices and clinical assessments, including body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), for predicting cardiovascular risk factors in different ethnic and age groups (5,6) . WHtR also appeears to be at least similarly associated with abdominal fat as is WC, and better than both BMI and WHR (7,8) . To our knowledge, few studies have focused on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients using WHtR (9,10) .…”

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Waist‐to‐height ratio is independently related to whole and central body fat, regardless of the waist circumference measurement protocol, in non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease patients

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Waist to Height Ratio as a Predictor of Abdominal Fat Distribution in Men

Cited by 28 publications

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Nutrient patterns and their relation to general and abdominal obesity in Iranian adults: findings from the SEPAHAN study

Nutrient patterns and their relation to general and abdominal obesity in Iranian adults: findings from the SEPAHAN study

High-molecular-weight adiponectin and anthropometric variables among elementary schoolchildren: a population-based cross-sectional study in Japan

Waist‐to‐height ratio is independently related to whole and central body fat, regardless of the waist circumference measurement protocol, in non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease patients

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