title: Which Life Style Anthropometric Index is a Better Predictor of Renal Function?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Obesity is a risk factor that has been associated scientifically with hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cancer and other life threatening diseases. The results of some studies have also shown that obesity is an independent risk factor for the development and progression of renal damage.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the current study is to define which general and central obesity anthropometric indices are better predictors for ceratinine clearance (CC) in healthy, normal and obese Iranian women.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this case-controlled study, a total of 62 healthy, normal and obese women from 18 to 30 years of age in Zahedan City, the Islamic Republic of Iran, were studied. The subjects were classified into two groups; case group (31 subjects) of healthy obese women (30 ≤ BMI ≤ 39.9 kg/m(2)) and control group (31 subjects) of healthy normal women (18.5 ≤ BMI ≤ 24.9 kg/m(2)). An assessment of body mass index (BMI) was considered as a general obesity index and an assessment of waist circumference (WC) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) were considered as central obesity indices. A measurement of CC was considered for renal function.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The means of CC in subjects with increased BMI, WC, and WHR were significantly higher than those in subjects with normal BMI, WC, and WHR. Pearson correlation coefficient revealed that there was a stronger correlation between CC with WC than with WHR and BMI (r = 0.4, P = 0.009; r = 0.4, P = 0.01 in the case and control groups, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is suggested that in clinical practice, WC can be used as a better predictor of CC than WHR and BMI in both normal and obese, healthy women.
authors: Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran ; Children and Adolescent Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
authors: Mansour
authors: M
authors: Shahraki
authors: Children and Adolescent Health Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran ; Department of Pediatrics, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
authors: Touran
authors: T
authors: Shahraki
authors: Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
authors: Faramarz
authors: F
authors: Fazeli
authors: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran.
authors: Hoshang
authors: H
authors: Sanadgol
keywords: Life Style; Prevention and Control; Renal Insufficiency