Optimised anthropometric indices as predictive screening tools for metabolic syndrome in adults: a cross-sectional study

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 11; no. 1; p. e043952
• Main Authors: Wu, Yating, Li, Hongyu, Tao, Xiujuan, Fan, Yanna, Gao, Qinghan, Yang, Jianjun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 31.01.2021; BMJ Publishing Group LTD; BMJ Publishing Group
• Series: Original research
• Subjects: Abdomen; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Body Mass Index; Body measurements; China - epidemiology; Cholesterol; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Female; Humans; Independent sample; Laboratories; Male; Metabolic syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome - diagnosis; Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Obesity; preventive medicine; Public Health; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; statistics & research methods; Waist Circumference; Waist-Height Ratio; Women; Young Adult; China; epidemiology; statistics & research methods; public health; preventive medicine

ObjectivesWe aimed to evaluate the association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and two latest optimised indices, waist divided by height 0.5 (WHT.5R) and body mass index (BMI) multiply by the square root of BMI and waist circumference (BMI√WC), and to comprehensively compare the ability of 10 anth...