BACKGROUND Central obesity is a major risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases. The prevalence of central obesity has not been reported fully among Asian adults in the United States (US). METHODS Cross-sectional data of 1288 Asian adults aged 20 years or over was selected from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey with a stratified multi-stage sampling design. The prevalence...

OBJECTIVE Previous studies have shown that central obesity is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). We hypothesized that the association of central obesity with CKD is modified by the presence of inflammation. To test this hypothesis, we performed this study. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study in southern China. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was used as a central obesity index an...

background: obesity is one of the major health problems in the world; in this regard iran is not an exception. the present study was conducted to investigate the overweight, obesity, and its related factors in adult women who referred to health centers in shiraz, iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 240 women who referred to health centers and aged 18-65 years old were selected through...

In recent years, intra-abdominal visceral fat leads to obesity-related complications. A simple indicator that reflects the mass of visceral fat is also needed to enable practical screening of patients. The present study was designed to establish new body mass index (BMI) criteria of central obesity for male Japanese. The subjects were 516 men aged from 19 to 80 years old who were examined at th...

OBJECTIVE The combined effect of life-course influences on obesity development and thus their potential public health impact is unclear. We evaluated combined associations and predicted probabilities for early and adult life risk factors with central and general obesity in mid-adulthood. SETTING 1958 British birth cohort. PARTICIPANTS 4629 males and 4670 females with data on waist circumfer...

background obesity is a risk factor that has been associated scientifically with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cancer and other life threatening diseases. the results of some studies have also shown that obesity is an independent risk factor for the development and progression of renal damage. objectives the aim of the current study is to define which general and central obesity anthr...

BACKGROUND Established indicators of central obesity include waist circumference, waist/height ratio, and the conicity index. Studies using such measures (as opposed to body mass index [BMI] percentiles) to characterize the association between obesity and asthma are lacking, despite the fact that these measures have been shown to be most relevant for many other chronic diseases. OBJECTIVES We...