title: Obesity and its measurement in a community-based sample of women with systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the prevalence of obesity and evaluate how accurately standard anthropometric measures identify obesity among women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
  
  
  METHODS
  Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), height, weight, and waist and hip circumference measurements were collected from 145 women with SLE. Three anthropometric proxies of obesity (body mass index [BMI]≥30 kg/m2, waist circumference [WC]≥88 cm, and waist:hip ratio [WHR]≥0.85) were compared with a DXA-based obesity criterion. Correspondence between measures was assessed with Cohen's kappa. Receiver operating characteristic curves determined optimal cut points for each anthropometric measure relative to DXA. Framingham cardiovascular risk scores were compared among women who were classified as not obese by both traditional and revised anthropometric definitions, obese by both definitions, and obese only by the revised definition.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 145 women, 28%, 29%, 41%, and 50% were classified as obese by WC, BMI, WHR, and DXA, respectively. Correspondence between anthropometric and DXA-based measures was moderate. Women misclassified by anthropometric measures had less truncal fat and more appendicular lean and fat mass. Cut points were identified for anthropometric measures to better approximate DXA estimates of percent body fat: BMI≥26.8 kg/m2, WC≥84.75 cm, and WHR≥0.80. Framingham risk scores were significantly higher in women classified as obese by either traditional or revised criteria.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A large percentage of this group of women with SLE was obese. Substantial portions of women were misclassified by anthropometric measures. Utility of revised cut points compared with traditional cut points in identifying risk of cardiovascular disease or disability remains to be examined in prospective studies, but results from the Framingham risk score analysis suggest that traditional cut points exclude a significant number of at-risk women with SLE.
authors.affiliation: Arthritis Research Group, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0920, USA. patti.katz@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gregorich
authors.forename: Jinoos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yazdany
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Trupin
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Julian
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yelin
authors.forename: Lindsey A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Criswell
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence
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