Visceral obesity is associated with the clustering of metabolic risk factors and the incidence of cardiovascular events. However, the association between the waist circumference values and the metabolic risk factors has not been fully established in Japanese middle-aged subjects. We examined the data from 6,033 Japanese middle-aged subjects aged 40–59 yr (4,599 male and 1,434 female). Metabolic...

BACKGROUND Central adiposity is related to chronic disease risk in adolescents. Racial differences in waist circumference have been identified using cross-sectional data from this age group. We tested for racial differences in age-related growth in waist circumference in a longitudinal cohort of black and white adolescent girls. METHODS We analyzed 9 years of publicly available data from the ...

BACKGROUND Estimates of excess mortality associated with body mass index (BMI; in kg/m(2)) have been calculated for the US population. OBJECTIVE The objective of this article is to compare the excess mortality associated with BMI levels to the excess mortality associated with other anthropometric variables. DESIGN For the 1988-1994 Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, est...

AIM This study was conducted to investigate the correlation between waist/hip ratio (WHR) as a measurement of obesity and severity of coronary artery disease (CAD) assessed by angiography in Kosovo. METHODS The study included 82 patients with suspected or known CAD who were referred for coronary angiography. All patients were subjected to full individual medical history, clinical examination ...

Given the associations between obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD), we evaluated a related but less well-established association between waist circumference and brachial artery reactivity (BAR), a functional measurement of subclinical CVD, where lower levels indicate dysfunction. Regression models examined trends in mean BAR across waist circumference tertiles in police officers, a high-st...

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between central obesity (Abdominal adiposity), measured by Waist/Hip ratio and the development of Coronary Heart Disease in adult population of district Swat. Methodology: The study comprised of 100 subjects, 34 Control, 33 Hypertensive subjects and 33 subjects with Coronary Heart Disease. Weight, Height, Waist/Hip ratio and Blood Pressure of subjects wit...

Introduction: The adoption of a sedentary lifestyle is major contributor to the development disease as well morbidity and mortality rates. People who have high blood pressure can benefit from regular physical activity since it lowers their pressure. A lower body fat percentage connected with risk developing when engaging in activity. There clear correlation between mass index (BMI) (BF%) terms ...