title: Waist circumference: a better index of fat location than WHR for predicting lipid profile in overweight/obese Iranian women.
abstract: We carried out a clinical cross-sectional study on 728 overweight and obese women aged 20-60 years during July 2005-May 2006 in Sistan and Baluchestan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) showed significant correlation with total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. After adjustment for age and BMI, this was also true for WC with TC and TG. There was no such correlation between waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and lipid profile. Hence, WC was a better anthropometric index of fat location than WHR to estimate lipid profile in overweight and obese adult women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shahraki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahraki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roudbari
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D007492:Iran; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D050177:Overweight / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D055105:Waist Circumference; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards
chemical_list: D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol