Abdominal obesity is strongly associated with Cardiovascular Disease and its Risk Factors in Elderly and very Elderly Community-dwelling Chinese

• DOI: 10.1038/srep21521
• Publication Date: 2016-02-17T11:07:03Z
• Authors: Huimin Fan; Xiaolin Li; Liang Zheng; Xiaoli Chen; Qin lan; Hong Wu; Xugang Ding; Dingguang Qian; Yixin Shen; Zuoren Yu; Lieying Fan; Ming Chen; Brian Tomlinson; Paul Chan; Yuzhen Zhang; Zhongmin Liu
• Keywords: Abdominal obesity; Waist-to-height ratio

Abstract Obesity is usually considered to predispose atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) but milder degrees of obesity or overweight may be protective in some elderly populations. We examined the relationships between general and abdominal indices with ASCVD its risk factors (aged ≥65 years) Shanghai community residents Among 3950 participants, 21.5% had ASCVD, 56.2% body mass index (BMI) ≥24 kg/m2, 50.1% high waist circumference (WC) 77.1% waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) ≥0.50. WHtR increased age both men women whereas WC only BMI decreased men. The optimal cut-off value predict determined by receiver operating characteristic analysis was ≥0.53 a prevalence 55.8%. Having significantly associated prevalent having higher for odds than WC, not associated. All three predicted glucose, triglycerides hsCRP levels showed significant association physical activity. Abdominal indices, BMI, this Chinese population.