The Validity of Body Adiposity Indices in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components among Egyptian Women.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the associations between the body adiposity indices and risk of metabolic syndrome (MS) and its components in Egyptian women and to evaluate their predictive power.


METHODS
This was a cross-sectional analysis performed on 180 Egyptian women aged between 25-35 years. They were 90 women with MS diagnosed by International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and 90 healthy age matched controls. Body adiposity index (BAI), body mass index (BMI), waist to hip ratio (WHR) and waist to height ratio (WHtR) were calculated and serum samples were analyzed for metabolic parameters. Receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) was used to determine the discriminatory capacity of BAI, WHR WHtR and BMI for MS.


RESULTS
Area under the curve (AUC) was highest for BIA, followed by WHR, WHtR and then BMI. All adiposity indices were significantly correlated with metabolic components and BAI had the highest correlation coefficients compared to other indices.


CONCLUSIONS
BAI is a practical predictor for MS and has satisfactory diagnostic accuracy for diagnosing MS among Egyptian women and can be used in addition to WHR, WHtR and BMI for identifying MS in the field studies.
Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Moushira Erfan
ME
Zaki
Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Sanaa
S
Kamal
Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Hanaa
H
Reyad
Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Walaa
W
Yousef
Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Naglaa
N
Hassan
Immunogenetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research, Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Iman
I
Helwa
Immunogenetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research, Centre, Giza, Egypt.
Shams
S
Kholoussi
Body adiposity; metabolic syndrome; validity; women