TY - JOUR
T1 - Waist circumference and obesity-associated risk factors among whites in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
T2 - Clinical action thresholds
AU - Zhu, Shan Kuan
AU - Wang, Zi Mian
AU - Heshka, Stanley
AU - Heo, Moonseong
AU - Faith, Myles S.
AU - Heymsfield, Steven B.
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - Background: Waist circumference (WC) is strongly linked to obesity-associated risks. However, currently proposed WC risk thresholds are not based on associations with obesity-related risk factors but rather with body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2). Objective: The objective was to determine the relations of WC to obesity-associated risk factors in a representative sample of US whites and to derive comparable risk thresholds for WC and BMI. Design: Data on 9019 white participants of the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were divided into 2 groups according to the presence of ≥ 1 of 4 obesity-associated risk factors: low HDL cholesterol, high LDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high glucose. Odds ratio (OR) equations were derived from logistic regression models for WC and BMI with the use of the 25th percentile in the study population as the reference. Receiver operating characteristic curves for identifying risk factors were computed for WC and BMI. Results: At BMIs of 25 and 30, ORs were 1,19 (95% CI: 1.06, 1.35) and 2.37 (95% CI: 1.33, 4.22) for men and 1.56 (95% CI: 1.29, 1.91) and 3.16 (95% CI: 1.94, 5.28) for women, respectively. The corresponding ORs for WC were at 90 and 100 cm for men and at 83 and 93 cm for women. Minima on the receiver operating characteristic curves for men were at 96 cm for WC and at 26 for BMI and for women were at 86 cm for WC and 25 for BMI. Conclusion: WC is more closely linked to cardiovascular disease risk factors than is BMI.
AB - Background: Waist circumference (WC) is strongly linked to obesity-associated risks. However, currently proposed WC risk thresholds are not based on associations with obesity-related risk factors but rather with body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2). Objective: The objective was to determine the relations of WC to obesity-associated risk factors in a representative sample of US whites and to derive comparable risk thresholds for WC and BMI. Design: Data on 9019 white participants of the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were divided into 2 groups according to the presence of ≥ 1 of 4 obesity-associated risk factors: low HDL cholesterol, high LDL cholesterol, high blood pressure, and high glucose. Odds ratio (OR) equations were derived from logistic regression models for WC and BMI with the use of the 25th percentile in the study population as the reference. Receiver operating characteristic curves for identifying risk factors were computed for WC and BMI. Results: At BMIs of 25 and 30, ORs were 1,19 (95% CI: 1.06, 1.35) and 2.37 (95% CI: 1.33, 4.22) for men and 1.56 (95% CI: 1.29, 1.91) and 3.16 (95% CI: 1.94, 5.28) for women, respectively. The corresponding ORs for WC were at 90 and 100 cm for men and at 83 and 93 cm for women. Minima on the receiver operating characteristic curves for men were at 96 cm for WC and at 26 for BMI and for women were at 86 cm for WC and 25 for BMI. Conclusion: WC is more closely linked to cardiovascular disease risk factors than is BMI.
KW - BMI
KW - Body mass index
KW - Cardiovascular disease risk factors
KW - NHANES III
KW - Obesity
KW - Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
KW - Waist circumference
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U2 - 10.1093/ajcn/76.4.743
DO - 10.1093/ajcn/76.4.743
M3 - Article
C2 - 12324286
AN - SCOPUS:0036784401
SN - 0002-9165
VL - 76
SP - 743
EP - 749
JO - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
IS - 4
ER -