Effectiveness of Various Anthropometric Indices in Prediction of Cardiovascular Risk Among Adult Jains

Abstract

The present study was conducted on Jain population residing in Delhi to elucidate the effectiveness of various anthropometric indices as cardiovascular risk. A cross sectional sample of 48 adult Jain females (mean age=50.5yr) and 62 adult males (mean age=47.4yr) was studied. Various anthropometric and physiological measurements were taken on each subject. In the present study BMI was found to be a greater risk factor for cardiovascular health among Jain females supported by strong correlation of BMI with blood pressure [SBP, p<0.01 and DBP, p<0.001], by high ' ' values [ =0.578 for SBP and = 0.762 for DBP] and by high odds ratio for hypertension [2.3 times more for DBP]. The waist height ratio was found to be a good cardiovascular risk-screening tool among adult Jain males as revealed by a significant positive association of WHtR with blood pressure [DBP, p<0.05], by high ' ' value [ =0.526 for SBP and = 0.599 for DBP] and by elevated odds ratio for hypertension [21.9 times more for SBP and 3.9 times more for DBP]. Our study clearly revealed the gender specificity and relative effectiveness of anthropometric indices in prediction of cardiovascular health among Jain adults [BMI in Jain females and WHtR in Jain males].

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“…In the present study also, BMI was found to impose a greatest risk factor for high Blood pressure among Jain adults. Our finding are in congruence with studies conducted among Jain adults of Delhi (Dhall et al, 2011), Noor et al (2023), Asemu et al (2021), Singh et al (2017) and Panda et al (2017).…”

“…In this study, the obese (general and abdominal) participants had higher prevalence of hypertension and it was found that anthropometric variables and indices were positively associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure (p ≤ 0.01). Similar findings were presented by Thanglen & Maheo (2022), Panda et al (2017), Dhall et al (2011), andAgrawal et al (2008). This negative correlation of the education of participants, family income, and socioeconomic status of participants with systolic blood pressure was found to be consistent with finding of Wang et al (2006) and Dun et al (2021).…”

“…In the Present study, it was found that male participants were heavier and taller compared to females, similar finding was presented by Panda et al (2017) and Datta (2022). Whereas, waist circumference, hip circumference and waist-to-hip ratio were also significantly higher among males compared to females, similar finding was reported by study conducted among Jain adults of Delhi (Dhall et al, 2011). The higher prevalence of abdominal obesity among males could be explained by higher production of chylomicrons that leads to deposition of abdominal visceral fat, further result into apple-shaped body (Nauli and Matin., 2019).…”

“…Also, the prevalence of hypertension among Jain males was higher to the finding of NFHS-5 (Sagar District). This could be due to social and cultural differences, and lifestyle factors such as occupation, as most of the participants were doing business as occupation, might be due to the presence of business competition, long sitting hours and lack of physical activity could lead to higher prevalence of obesity and hypertension (Singh et al, 2017;Dhall et al, 2011).…”