BACKGROUND Obesity increases cardiovascular risk through effects on blood pressure, lipoproteins, coagulation factors and inflammatory cytokines, but in women variation in fat distribution complicates these relationships. Central (male-type or visceral) obesity confers greater risk than the more generalised (female) type. This is recognised by the metabolic syndrome which employs waist circumfe...

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 ...

A longitudinal population study of 1462 women aged 38-60 was carried out in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1968-9. In univariate analysis the ratio of waist to hip circumference showed a significant positive association with the 12 year incidence of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, stroke, and death. The association with incidence of myocardial infarction remained in multivariate analysis and wa...

background: obesity and increase of waist to hip ratio (android obesity) is effect in cardiovascular disease and type2 diabetes. increase of fatty tissue special visceral fatty tissue depended to cardiovascular disease, glucose intolerance, hyperlipidemia, hypertension and important in diabetes and metabolic syndrome. in most case with insulin resistance and diabetes accompanied by obesity. met...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated the relationship of anthropometric measurements with computed tomography (CT) body fat composition, and even fewer determined if these relationships differ by sex and race. METHODS CT scans from 1,851 participants in the population based Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis were assessed for visceral and subcutaneous fat areas by semi-automated segmen...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ALD: Alcoholic Liver Disease; FBG: Fasting Blood Glucose; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein; HDL: High Density Lipoprotein; VAS: Visual Analog Scales; FBC: Full Blood Count; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; BMI: Body Mass Index; WC: Waist Circumference; HC: Hip Circumference; WHR: Waist Hip Ratio; FFQ: Food Freq...

This paper wants to determine the incidence of twelve weeks of physical activity on physical capacity and morphology of women over 60 yrs without disabilities in the district of Iquique, Chile. Before and after the intervention period was determined anthropometric characteristics and physical fitness status of the sample. Anthropometric variables were weight, height and waist and hip circumfere...

BACKGROUND The association between anthropometric parameters and atherosclerotic burden is not well established and few studies have addressed this issue. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of different anthropometric parameters with the coronary atherosclerotic burden. METHODS Adult patients undergoing coronary angiography were enrolled in the study. Sociodemographic characteristics and...

BACKGROUND Physical measurement reference values are helpful to manage patients, conduct surveillances and monitor and evaluate interventional activities. Such valuable data at a community level however, are almost non-existent in Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to determine anthropometrics and blood pressure in "apparently healthy individuals" in community settings. METHODS A popul...

Background and Objectives: Dietary diversity is a proxy measurement of overall dietary quality. The aim of this study was to assess relationships between dietary diversity score and obesity phenotypes in women, Tehran, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 197 women aged ≥ 25 years from Municipal District 7 of Tehran were participated. Food intakes were calculated using s...