BACKGROUND To examine the relationship between waist circumference and future health care costs across a broad range of waist circumference values based on individual level data. METHOD A prospective cohort of 31,840 subjects aged 50-64 years at baseline had health status, lifestyle and socio-economic aspects assessed at entry. Individual data on health care consumption and associated costs w...

The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of obesity in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Gorgan (South East of Caspian Sea), Iran. The subjects consist of 122 females and 78 males type 2 diabetic patients. Anthropometric and laboratory parameters in both sexes were determined (2011).Waist circumference was higher in males than females subjects (p<0.05), but the females...

INTRODUCTION Rates of obesity and overweight, which frequently lead to type 2 diabetes, have increased dramatically among US children during the past 30 years. We analyzed associations between insulin resistance and other markers of disease in a sample of Mexican American adolescents from a severely disadvantaged community on the Texas-Mexico border. METHODS We analyzed results from 325 stude...

OBJECTIVE To study changes in lifestyle in relation to changes in body weight and waist circumference associated with occupational retirement in men. DESIGN A prospective cohort study with 5 years of follow-up. At baseline and at follow-up, questionnaires were completed and body weight and waist circumference were measured. SETTING The Doetinchem Cohort Study, consisting of inhabitants of D...

BACKGROUND Within-person variability in measured values of a risk factor can bias its association with disease. We investigated the extent of regression dilution bias in calculated variables and its implications for comparing the aetiological associations of risk factors. METHODS Using a numerical illustration and repeats from 42,300 individuals (12 cohorts), we estimated regression dilution ...

BACKGROUND In Japan, the current standard waist circumference cutoff value for persons with multiple cardiovascular risk factors remains controversial. In this study we aimed to analyze the health-check examination data from a large Japanese population and propose a revised waist circumference cutoff value. METHODS Subjects of this study were 12,725 adults who underwent a health-check by thor...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Dietary behaviours are suitable as clearly identifiable targets of dietary counselling to prevent weight gain. We therefore investigated associations between dietary behaviours, weight loss attempts and waist circumference change. METHODS AND STUDY DESIGN Participants were a community-based sample population residing in Nambour, Australia, including 1,317 adults, age...

OBJECTIVES The contribution of adiposity to cardiovascular and diabetes risk justifies the inclusion of an adiposity measure, usually waist circumference, in the definition of metabolic syndrome. However, waist circumference thresholds differ across populations. Our aim was to assess which adiposity measure performs the best in identifying the metabolic syndrome in a sample of Portuguese partic...

CONTEXT Waist circumference may offer improved diagnosis of obesity in youth compared with body mass index (BMI), but empirical evidence is limited. OBJECTIVE To compare the ability of BMI percentile using UK reference data and waist circumference percentile using UK reference data to diagnose high fat mass in English children. DESIGN AND METHODS In 7,722 9-10-year-olds (3,809 boys, 3,913 g...