The abilities of new anthropometric indices in identifying cardiometabolic abnormalities, and influence of residence area and lifestyle on these anthropometric indices in a Chinese community-dwelling population.
OBJECTIVE
The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and cardiometabolic abnormalities, the influence of residence area, occupation, and lifestyle on new anthropometric indices, and the relationship between anthropometric indices and cardiometabolic abnormalities in a Chinese community-dwelling population.


METHODS
The study included 4,868 residents through a large health check-up program in Beijing.


RESULTS
Overall obesity existed in 22.2% of men and 28.1% of women. 67.1% of men and 65.2% of women were overweight. 65.99% of men and 65.97% of women had central obesity. Residents of rural areas, manual workers, and smokers had significantly higher anthropometric indices. The power of each anthropometric index varied for identifying different cardiometabolic abnormalities, and the ability of the waist-to-height ratio to identify participants with greater than one or two cardiometabolic abnormalities was optimal. The appropriate cut-off values of all anthropometric indices for cardiometabolic abnormalities were obtained.


CONCLUSIONS
Overweight is common for both sexes in the People's Republic of China, as are general and central obesity. Residents of rural areas, manual workers, and smokers have significantly higher anthropometric indices. Waist-to-height ratio has the ability to reflect the compound risk of different cardiometabolic abnormalities and the greatest potential to be widely applied in clinical practice.
Department of Geriatric Cardiology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Shihui
S
Fu
Department of Geriatric Cardiology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Leiming
L
Luo
Department of Geriatric Cardiology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Ping
P
Ye
Department of Geriatric Cardiology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yuan
Y
Liu
Department of Geriatric Cardiology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Bing
B
Zhu
Department of Geriatric Cardiology, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Yongyi
Y
Bai
Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Jie
J
Bai
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000886:Anthropometry; D015415:Biomarkers; D001794:Blood Pressure; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D056128:Obesity, Abdominal / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055105:Waist Circumference; D055815:Young Adult
D015415:Biomarkers
Chinese community-dwelling population; anthropometric indices; cardiometabolic abnormalities; lifestyle; residence area