title: Correlations between obesity indices and cardiometabolic risk factors in obese subgroups in women with severe obesity: A multicenter, cross-sectional study.
abstract: To investigate associations between degrees of obesity using correlations between obesity indices and cardiometabolic risk factors in women.
  
  
  
  BMI, waist circumference (WC), fasting insulin, fasting glucose, lipids, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) area using computed tomographic images were measured in 113 women with obesity. Correlations between obesity indices and cardiometabolic risk factors were analyzed in subgroups defined using sequential obesity indices.
  
  
  
  Mean BMI and WC were 29.6kg/m2and 92.8cm. BMI showed significant correlations with all five cardiometabolic risk factors until the BMI cut-off point reached 29kg/m2, but when it exceeded 30kg/m2, correlations no longer existed. WC was significantly correlated with all five cardiometabolic risk factors up to a value of 85cm, but when WC exceeded 90cm, correlations no longer existed.
  
  
  
  Our cross-sectional study suggest that significant correlations between obesity indices and cardiometabolic risk factors may disappear, when obesity cut-off points exceed certain limits in women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan-si 602-739, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seung Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan-si 602-739, South Korea.
authors.forename: Young Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Tak
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan-si 602-739, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yu Hyeon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: Medical Education Unit and Medical Research Institute Pusan National University School of Medicine, Yangsan 626-780, South Korea; Obesity, Nutrition and Metabolism Clinic, Department of Family Medicine and Research Institute of Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 626-770, South Korea. Electronic address: saylee@pnu.edu.
authors.forename: Sang Yeoup
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Obesity, Nutrition and Metabolism Clinic, Department of Family Medicine and Research Institute of Convergence of Biomedical Science and Technology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan 626-770, South Korea.
authors.forename: Young Hye
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan-si 602-739, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Gyu
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan-si 602-739, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yun Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan-si 602-739, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hwang Hye
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Rim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Soo
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Center for Obesity, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition, Dongguk University International Hospital, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood*; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055105:Waist Circumference / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin
keywords: Cardiovascular disease risk; Insulin resistance; Metabolic disease; Obesity; Risk factors