Relationship of a Body Shape Index and Body Roundness Index with carotid atherosclerosis in arterial hypertension

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 822-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulio Geraci ◽  
Marta Zammuto ◽  
Rossella Gaetani ◽  
Alessandro Mattina ◽  
Francesco D'Ignoto ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Nascimento-Souza ◽  
Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa ◽  
Sérgio Viana Peixoto

The aim was to evaluate the separate and joint association of abdominal adiposity indicators (a body shape index - ABSI, waist circumference - WC, waist-to-height ratio - WHtR) and body mass index (BMI) with arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, in Brazilian older adults. Data from the 2013 Brazilian National Health Survey (PNS 2013) were used for the population aged 60 years or older (10,537 older adults). Arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus outcomes were self-reported and the following anthropometric indices were evaluated by direct measurement: a ABSI, BMI, WC and WHtR. Associations were assessed by logistic regression, with adjustments for confounding factors. The results of this study evidenced a higher strength of association between the report of arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus with BMI, WC and WHtR in the Brazilian population of older adults in separate analyses, when compared to ABSI. When adjusted for BMI, ABSI showed a greater strength of association with the outcomes, but it was not superior to the performance of WC and WHtR. Considering the lower strength of association, in separate and joint analyses, between the new index (ABSI) and the chronic conditions assessed, BMI, WC and WHtR probably remain as useful indices in public health, at least in relation to arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus in Brazilian older adults.


2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey C. Kabat ◽  
Xiaonan Xue ◽  
Victor Kamensky ◽  
Dorothy Lane ◽  
Jennifer W. Bea ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Gomez-Peralta ◽  
Cristina Abreu ◽  
Margarita Cruz-Bravo ◽  
Elvira Alcarria ◽  
Gala Gutierrez-Buey ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Julián F. Calderón-García ◽  
Raúl Roncero-Martín ◽  
Sergio Rico-Martín ◽  
Jorge M. De Nicolás-Jiménez ◽  
Fidel López-Espuela ◽  
...  

Introduction: The body roundness index (BRI) and a body shape index (ABSI) are novel anthropometric indices established to determine both the amount visceral adipose tissue and body fat. Objective: to investigate whether BRI and ABSI are better predictors of hypertension than body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) or waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). Methods: A systematic search was conducted in the Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science databases up until 31 December 2020. Results: The estimated pooled area under curve [AUC (95% CI)] for BRI [0.67 (0.65–0.70)] for the prediction of hypertension were superior to that of ABSI (0.58 (0.56–0.60)), similar to that of BMI [0.67 (0.64–0.69)], and lower than those WC [0.68 (0.66–0.70)] and WHtR [0.68 (0.66–0.71)]. Nevertheless, the difference of BRI compared to WC and WHtR in the context of predicting hypertension was non-significant. ABSI was significantly lower (p < 0.05) than BRI, BMI, WC and WHtR. Similar findings were observed with the summary receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC-SROC). There were no significant differences between subgroups according to type of population or diagnostic criteria of hypertension. The diagnostic odds ratio (dORs) proved that increased BRI and ABSI were related with an elevated hypertension risk. Conclusions: BRI and ABSI have discriminatory power for hypertension in adult women and men from different populations. Although, WHtR and WC provided the best performance when assessing hypertension, no significant differences were found for BRI. Finally, BRI was significantly better predictor of hypertension than ABSI.


2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1966-1973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Consalvo ◽  
Jesse C. Krakauer ◽  
Nir Y. Krakauer ◽  
Antonio Canero ◽  
Mafalda Romano ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 2210-2216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Hoermann ◽  
Mark Ng Tang Fui ◽  
Jesse C. Krakauer ◽  
Nir Y. Krakauer ◽  
Mathis Grossmann

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 030006051984885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Stefanescu ◽  
Luis Revilla ◽  
Tania Lopez ◽  
Sixto E. Sanchez ◽  
Michelle A. Williams ◽  
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