Optimal cut-off values for obesity: using simple anthropometric indices to predict cardiovascular risk factors in Taiwan

• Published in: International Journal of Obesity Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 1232 - 1238
• Main Authors: LIN, W.-Y, LEE, L.-T, CHEN, C.-Y, LO, H, HSIA, H.-H, LIU, I.-L, LIN, R.-S, SHAU, W.-Y, HUANG, K.-C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Nature Publishing 01.09.2002; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis. Health state; Anthropometry; Area Under Curve; Biological and medical sciences; Blood pressure; Body Constitution - physiology; Body fat; Body Height - physiology; Body Mass Index; Body weight; Body Weight - physiology; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cholesterol; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications; Epidemiology; Female; General aspects; Glucose; Health risks; Heart; High density lipoprotein; Hospitals; Humans; Hyperlipidemias - complications; Hypertension; Hypertension - complications; Lipoproteins; Male; Medical sciences; Medical screening; Medicine; Metabolic diseases; Metabolic disorders; Obesity; Obesity - complications; Obesity - epidemiology; Odds Ratio; Overweight; Predictive Value of Tests; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; Systemic diseases; Taiwan; Triglycerides; Womens health; Asia; Taiwan; Human; Obesity; Anthropometry; Nutrition disorder; Risk factor; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Nutritional status

The increased health risks associated with obesity have been found to occur in Asians at lower body mass indices (BMIs). To determine the optimal cut-off values for overweight or obesity in Taiwan, we examined the relationships between four anthropometric indices and cardiovascular risk factors. The...