Abdominal obesity and coronary artery calcification in young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Lee, Chong Do; Jacobs, David R.; Schreiner, Pamela J.; Iribarren, Carlos; Hankinson, Arlene L.

doi:10.1093/ajcn/86.1.48

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“…12 In another report, waist girth and waist hip ratio was associated with subclinical atherosclerosis measured by coronary calcium. 13 Importantly, in a large cohort of 1346 middle-aged Finnish men free of CVD at baseline followed for 10.6 years, waisthip ratio, WC and BMI were all directly associated with the risk of coronary events with waist-hip ratio providing additional information beyond BMI in predicting CHD, whereas BMI did not add to the prediction of CHD over waist-hip ratio. 14 Other studies have primarily focused on BMI as a predictor of CHD and/or all-cause mortality.…”

Section: Abdominal Obesity and Global Riskmentioning

confidence: 95%

Abdominal obesity and the spectrum of global cardiometabolic risks in US adults

Ghandehari

Kamal-Bahl

et al. 2008

Int J Obes

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Objective: To compare the association of obesity and abdominal obesity with cardiometabolic risk factor burden and global estimated coronary heart disease (CHD) risk among multiethnic US adults. Design: Cross-sectional, survey study. Results: Overall, abdominal obesity was present in 42.3% of men and 62.5% of women and in 53.6% of whites, 56.9% of blacks and 50.5% of Hispanics (Po0.001 between gender and ethnicity). However, using International Diabetes Federation (IDF)-recommended WC cut points for Hispanics, the prevalence of abdominal obesity was 78.3%. Mean levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), systolic and diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose and C-reactive protein increased, and highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) decreased (Po0.001) according to BMI and WC categories, although these associations were attenuated in blacks for blood pressure, LDL-C, HDL-C and triglycerides. Of those with high WC, 25-35% had X3 cardiometabolic risk factors. High CHD risk among those with high WC was most common in men (27.9%) and non-Hispanic whites (23.9%). Persons with a high vs normal WC, adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity and BMI were more likely to have X3 cardiometabolic risk factors (odds ratio (OR) ¼ 5.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) ¼ 3.9-6.6) and were classified as high CHD risk (OR ¼ 1.5, 95% CI ¼ 1.1-2.0). Conclusion: The association of abdominal obesity with risk factors varies by ethnicity and is independently associated with high CHD risk status, further validating its clinical significance.

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Section: Abdominal Obesity and Global Riskmentioning

confidence: 95%

Abdominal obesity and the spectrum of global cardiometabolic risks in US adults

Ghandehari

Kamal-Bahl

et al. 2008

Int J Obes

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“…Reduction of body weight and decreasing the prevalence of obesity in society are critical health issues [25]. Research has shown that a relationship exists between abdominal obesity and subclinical atherosclerotic vascular disease in multiple race, sex and age groups.…”

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Effects of auricular therapy to body composition in young asian women

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Abstract. This study investigated the efficacy of auricular therapy using semen vaccariae (SV) via auricular point sticking on weight loss, changes to waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio. The study used a randomized design with one control group and one experimental group consisting of young Asian women with waist circumferences 80 cm. The total sample size was 50 young women who ranged in age from 18 to 20 years-old. Each participant attended weekly ten-minute sessions during which auricular acupressure treatment was performed. During treatment, the control group had 0.5 cm 2 adhesive tape placed onto their auricular acupoints, while the experimental group had the SV stick applied to the auricular acupoints. Dependent variables were collected at baseline and follow-up for four weeks. The control group showed significantly increased body weight (+0.08 kg, p < 0.05) and waist circumference (+0.20 cm , p < 0.05); however, the SV group showed significantly decreased body weight (-1.9120 kg, p < 0.05), waist circumference (-4.9200 cm, p < 0.05) and waist-tohip ratio (-0.0297, p < 0.05) during four weeks of treatment. Auricular acupressure with SV may be an efficacious option to include in weight loss programs for young women.

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“…Body size is another potentially confounding factor. Although higher body mass index is strongly associated with kidney stone formation (4) and greater vascular calcification (25)(26)(27), there are no data comparing weight or other measures of body size in stone formers with controls. Second, it is unclear whether the greater severity of abdominal aortic calcification in stone formers was independent of differences in bone mineral density between stone formers and controls.…”

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Stones, Bones, and Cardiovascular Groans

Taylor¹

2015

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

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Abdominal obesity and coronary artery calcification in young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Cited by 91 publications

References 34 publications

Abdominal obesity and the spectrum of global cardiometabolic risks in US adults

Abdominal obesity and the spectrum of global cardiometabolic risks in US adults

Effects of auricular therapy to body composition in young asian women

Stones, Bones, and Cardiovascular Groans

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