title: Body fat distribution and the risk of hypertension and diabetes among Japanese men and women.
abstract: To identify anthropometrical indices of body fat distribution for predicting the risk of hypertension and diabetes, a population-based prospective study was designed. Subjects in two communities (n = 2,422 and 3,195), who were free of hypertension and diabetes, respectively, were followed-up. The area and gender-specific risk of hypertension and diabetes were compared among tertiles of body mass index (BMI) and body fat distribution, including waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), and subscapular skinfold-thickness (SSF). During the 10-year follow-up for hypertension and diabetes, the incident cases of hypertension were 72 for Yao men, 125 for Kyowa men, 160 for Yao women and 193 for Kyowa women and those of diabetes were 27, 64, 37 and 77, respectively. One SD differences in BMI and WC were associated with 1.2 to 1.6-fold higher risk of hypertension, and that of SSF was associated with 1.4 to 1.6-fold higher risk of diabetes for both men and women in Yao and for women, but not men, in Kyowa. One SD differences of BMI, WC and WHtR were also associated with 1.4 to 2.0-fold higher risk of diabetes for Yao and Kyowa women. In conclusion, the significant predictors for hypertension were BMI and WC and those for diabetes were BMI and SSF in both genders in both communities, except for men in Kyowa. WC and WHtR were also predictors for diabetes in women but not in men.
authors: Department of Public Health Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, and Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors: Choy-Lye
authors: CL
authors: Chei
authors: Hiroyasu
authors: H
authors: Iso
authors: Kazumasa
authors: K
authors: Yamagishi
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Tanigawa
authors: Renzhe
authors: R
authors: Cui
authors: Hironori
authors: H
authors: Imano
authors: Masahiko
authors: M
authors: Kiyama
authors: Akihiko
authors: A
authors: Kitamura
authors: Shinichi
authors: S
authors: Sato
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Shimamoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio