It is imperative to improve Indonesia's achievement in sprint category using an indicator according talent scouting. The running speed of those with excessive body fat slower. distribution fat, especially the area abdomen and hip, could be measured waist hip ratio indicator. This study aimed at determining relationship between waist-hip 60-m speed. was a cross-sectional study. subjects were cho...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Waist circumference has been shown to be a better predictor of cardiovascular risk than body mass index (BMI). Our case-control study aimed to evaluate the contribution of obesity and abdominal fat mass to the risk of stroke and transient ischemic attacks (TIA). METHODS We recruited 1137 participants: 379 cases with stroke/TIA and 758 regional controls matched for age a...

Central obesity increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, but little is known about its hemodynamic effects. The aims were to investigate the influence of obesity (as defined by body mass index) and abdominal fat accumulation (as defined by the waist/hip ratio) on hemodynamics at rest and during mental stress. Invasive hemodynamic studies were performed in 20 healthy, normotensive young me...

BACKGROUND The association of central adiposity with incident heart failure (HF) has yet to be studied in a large population-based study. METHODS AND RESULTS The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study is an ongoing biracial population-based cohort of those aged 45 to 64 years from 4 US communities with 16 years' median follow-up for incident, hospitalized, or fatal HF. Waist-hip ratio, wai...

We carried out case control study aimed to evaluate abdominal obesity as a risk factor for ischemic stroke. Though it became established as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, still its association with stroke is less clear. We have taken ninety cases with ischemic stroke and compare waist to hip ratio & waist circumference with same numbers of age and sex matched stroke free people as co...

AIM To analyze the relationship between visceral obesity and urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER). METHODS A cross-sectional study of 73 normoalbuminuric (urinary albumin excretion rate < 20 microg/min) type 2 patients was performed. Patients were divided into two groups according to the median of UAER (7.5 microg/min). Office auscultatory blood pressure was measured in sitting position afte...

Aim: The main purpose of this study was to examine the accuracy of a specific pedometer (Silva model Pedometer Plus 56013-3) and accelerometer (Silva model Ex3 plus 56026) in women suffering from obesity. The second aim was to study the impact of BMI, waist and hip circumference and waist-hip ratio on different pedometer and accelerometer positions on the body. Methods: Forty women with a BMI >...

Body fat (BF) and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are important health markers that ought to be considered in screening exams. The aim of this study was assess the value six indicators, i.e., tri-ponderal mass index (TMI), relative (RFM), waist–BMI ratio, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip (WHR) body (BMI) predicting CRF school-aged children. analysis based on data coming from examinati...

AIM To compare the associations of several anthropometric indices (i.e. waist circumference [WC], waist-to-height ratio, body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio) with the insulin resistance (IR) proxy measures in Greek schoolchildren. METHODS A random sample of 248 children was used. Fasting plasma glucose and serum insulin levels were measured. IR was estimated through homeostasis model...