Obesidade abdominal e risco cardiovascular: desempenho de indicadores antropométricos em mulheres

Abstract

We expect that these findings will contribute to a better quantification of AOB in the brazilian female population, providing information so that health professionals can take preventive measures regarding this multifactorial clinical condition, thus preventing the development of cardiovascular diseases.

Classical and emergent cardiovascular disease risk factors in type 2 diabetics from the Vallecas area (DICARIVA study)

“…According to the C index , the prevalence of patients at elevated CVD risk was larger than that observed by others (17), although the cut-off point selected in the present study (1.3) was slightly higher. A C index of 1.18-1.2 has been suggested as a threshold for CVD risk and mortality increase by other investigators (18). If we compare the C index with other methods of calculation of abdominal obesity we see that it brings some significant advantages over the most commonly used, waist circumference and body mass index.…”

“…In addition, some authors attribute to C index better discriminating power of coronary risk (18). As C index is directly related to abdominal fat distribution and, in turn to CVD risk, the Q3 values obtained in the study (1.39 in men and 1.37 in women) are proposed as cut-off points for future CVD risk in T2DM patients.…”

“…These values were taken from consensus statements of different scientific associations (12)(13)(14)(15)(16) and the different data groups on anthropometric, biochemical parameters, lipid/lipoprotein profile and blood pressure originated. The adiposity markers were body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m 2 , waist circumference ≥ 80 cm for women and ≥ 94 cm for men; regarding the C index , and due to absence of established cut-off values, a value of > 1.30 (17,18) was adopted. We also selected the value 9.1 for TyG to classify patients with and without metabolic syndrome (6).…”

“…Men were younger, heavier, and taller and (14); SEEDO, Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Obesidad (12). The cut-off points for the conicity index were selected from references of Tonding et al (17) and Almeida et al (18).…”

Predictive capacity of indicators of adiposity in the metabolic syndrome in elderly individuals

“…Accordingly, two studies that evaluated samples from elderly individuals and adult women identified cutoff points of 0.84 and 0.87 [28,29].…”