Biobehavioral and psychological differences between overweight adults with and without waist circumference risk.
Waist circumference (WC) has emerged as an independent predictor of cardiometabolic disease. The purpose of this study was to examine differences between overweight adults with and without WC risk in four domains: demographic, clinical and biological, psychological, and behavioral. The sample (N = 87) was primarily sedentary, middle-aged, women, and African-Americans. The majority of participants had WC risk, those with WC risk were older, were women, and had higher body mass index, higher morning salivary cortisol levels, and more depressive symptoms than those without WC risk. Caloric and macronutrient intake did not differ between those with and without WC risk. Our findings could lead to the development of targeted interventions to prevent and/or reduce abdominal obesity, thereby reducing cardiometabolic risk.
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, 1520 Clifton Road Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. dgrossn@hotmail.com
Daurice A
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Grossniklaus
Rebecca A
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Gary
Melinda K
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Higgins
Sandra B
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Dunbar
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D055105:Waist Circumference
D006854:Hydrocortisone