scholarly journals DO ADIPOSITY INDICES INFLUENCE VO2 MAX WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS? FITNESS VS. FATNESS

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-66
Author(s):  
Haroon Rashid M. Hattiwale ◽  
Shaheenkousar H. Hattiwale ◽  
Salim A. Dhundasi ◽  
Mohammad Muzammil Ahmed ◽  
Mohammed Nazeer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Aerobic Fitness ◽  
Visceral Obesity ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Healthy Men ◽  
Waist Hip Ratio ◽  
Adiposity Indices ◽  
Conicity Index

Introduction: The global burden of obesity doubled in children, tripled in adolescents and adults between 1975 and 2016.The central obesity is strongly associated with risk of type 2 diabetes and coronary artery diseases.Therefore,it is important to screen/detect obesity and its complications in early stages.Aim: of this study is to evaluate early markers of adult overweight/obesity, visceral obesity and aerobic fitness in young, healthy men, and also to find out association between visceral obesity and VO max as adequate research data is not available in this field. Forty young, 2 Methods: healthy adult men (aged 18-40 years) were randomly selected from the population of Vijayapura,Karnataka,India,in this study. The anthropometric parameters; weight, height, BMI, BSA, waist circumference and hip circumference were measured. The waist-hip ratio, Conicity index and A Body surface Index were calculated.VO max was measured by 2 Rockport 1-Mile walk test. A series of Pearson's correlation tests were performed to find out the influence of visceral adiposity indices on aerobic fitness. Results: All anthropometric parameters and adiposity indices measured in our study were within the normal range.A significant positive correlation was observed between age vs conicity index and age vs ABSI.We also found a significant negative correlation between adiposity indices and VO max in young healthy 2 adult males. Conclusion: Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, conicity index and ABSI can be considered as useful anthropometric tools to diagnose central/visceral obesity in healthy men with normal BMI.Total fat and visceral fat may probably have some negative influence on cardiorespiratory function and aerobic fitness.

scholarly journals Waist circumference and waist-hip ratio as screening tools for hypertension in children aged 6–11 years

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 265-70
Author(s):  
Esti Istiqomah ◽  
Dida A. Gurnida ◽  
Dany Hilmanto ◽  
Dzulfikar Djalil Lukmanul Hakim ◽  
Prima Nanda Fauziah
Keyword(s):  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Prevalence Ratio ◽  
Screening Tools ◽  
Hip Circumference ◽  
Roc Curve Analysis ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Predictive Values ◽  
Waist Hip Ratio ◽  
Hypertensive Group ◽  
Hypertension In Children

Background Hypertension in children is associated with obesity. 7 The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has been associated with intra-abdominal fat tissue. Anthropometric parameters for determining nutritional status include waist circumference and waist-hip ratio. Many studies have shown that waist circumference and waist-hip ratio are more precise to determine overweight or obese. Objective To determine the usefulness of waist circumference and waist-hip ratio as hypertensive screening tools for children aged 6-11 years. Methods This analytical study with cross-sectional design and multistage cluster sampling method was conducted in August-September 2017 at a primary school in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Subjects underwent height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference, and blood pressure measurements. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was done to obtain the area under curve (AUC), cut-off point, sensitivity, specificity, and prevalence ratio. Results Subjects were 325 children consisting of 187 males and 138 females. Hypertension was diagnosed in 47 children (37 males and 10 females). Mean waist circumference and waist-hip circumference ratio were significantly higher in the hypertensive group than in the normotensive group. The hypertensive group had a mean waist circumference of 72.6 (SD 12.8) cm, AUC 0.779 (95%CI 0.730 to 0.823; P<0.001), cut-off point >65 cm, sensitivity 66.0%, specificity 76.3%, and prevalence ratio 4.55. This group had mean waist-hip ratio of 0.94 (SD 0.10), AUC 0.724 (95%CI 0.672 to 0.772; P<0.001), waist-hip ratio cut-off >0.91, sensitivity 59.6%, specificity 77.0%, and prevalence ratio 3.73. Conclusion Waist circumference >65 cm or waist-hip ratio >0.91 can be used to screen for hypertension in children aged 6-11 years with negative predictive values of 92.0% and 91.8%, respectively.  

scholarly journals Leptin/adiponectin ratio in overweight patients – gender differences

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Selthofer-Relatić K ◽  
Radić R ◽  
Stupin A ◽  
Šišljagić V ◽  
Bošnjak I ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Visceral Obesity ◽  
Blood Analysis ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Adult Males ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters

Objective: Obesity-related atherosclerosis is a systemic disease with a background connected to multiple metabolic-neurohumoral pathways. The leptin/adiponectin ratio has been suggested as an atherosclerotic marker in obese patients. The aim of this study was to assess (1) the significance of the L/A ratio in overweight subjects, (2) the relation with anthropometric/metabolic parameters and (3) gender difference. Method: The study included 80 adult males and females, overweight, non-diabetic patients. Biochemical blood analysis and anthropometric and cardiovascular measurements were performed. Serum leptin levels were measured with a radioimmunoassay test and total adiponectin levels with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Leptin/adiponectin ratios were calculated as ratios between total serum concentrations of leptin and adiponectin. Results: Differences between leptin, adiponectin serum levels and leptin/adiponectin ratios are presented in overweight persons, where females have a significantly higher leptin/adiponectin ratio than men ( p < 0.001). In men, the leptin/adiponectin ratio showed a positive correlation with total cholesterol levels ( p = 0.011), low-density lipoprotein ( p = 0.013) and triglycerides ( p = 0.032). In females, the leptin/adiponectin ratio correlated with anthropometric parameters of visceral obesity: waist circumference ( p = 0.001) and waist-to-hip ratio ( p = 0.025). Conclusion: The leptin/adiponectin ratio could represent an atherosclerotic risk marker of the early stage of obesity. Gender plays a significant role in pathophysiological changes, with different clinical manifestations, where sex hormones have a crucial effect on neurohumoral adipose tissue activity.

scholarly journals Adiponectin levels and waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and conicity index in type 1 diabetes patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Lemos Marques ◽  
Mileni Vanti Beretta ◽  
Raquel Eccel Prates ◽  
Filipe Valvassori Nascimento ◽  
Ciglea Nascimento ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Type 1 Diabetes ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Waist Hip Ratio ◽  
Conicity Index ◽  
Diabetes Patients

scholarly journals Ejaculate quality indicators of men with asthenozoospermia and asthenoteratozoospermia by treatment of obesity with liraglutide

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-267
Author(s):  
D. N. Bobkov ◽  
R. V. Rozhivanov ◽  
I. I. Vityazeva
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Visceral Obesity ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Obesity Treatment ◽  
The Body ◽  
Healthy Men ◽  
Reactive Oxygen Forms

Background: Considering the influence of visceral obesity on male infertility, the investigation of ejaculate quality indicators under obesity treatment is relevant.Objective: Evaluation of ejaculate quality indicators by obesity treatment with liraglutide in andrologically healthy men with infertility and post-pubertal visceral obesity.Methods: Infertile men with post-pubertal alimentary visceral obesity were included in a pilot observational prospective study. All patients were given recommendations for body weight loss (hypocaloric diet, daily aerobic physical activity) as well as an average daily dose of liraglutide 2.4 [2.4; 3.0] mg. Evaluation of waist circumference, antioxidant activity of ejaculate, spermogram was carried out initially and after 6 months. The differences were considered statistically significant at p <0.005.Results: The body weight decrease was -11.7 [12.4; 11.0]%, the waist circumference decrease was 8 [12; 7] cm. In dynamics, increased content of living sperm in ejaculate from 92 [90; 95]% to 95 [92; 98]%, morphologically normal forms from 5 [3; 6]% to 6 [3; 8]%, mobility of A + B from 25 [15; 36] to 35 [19; 52]%, seminal antioxidant capacity, a decrease in reactive oxygen forms in the neat ejaculate were statistically significant. Increasing the sperm count in 1 ml and decreasing reactive oxygen forms in the washed ejaculate did not reach statistical significance.Conclusion: Ejaculate quality indicators improved by the complex obesity therapy with liraglutide in young andrologically healthy men with postpubertal visceral obesity.

scholarly journals Prevalence of hypertension and its association with anthropometric parameters in adult population of Raipur city, Chhattisgarh, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 2120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem S. Panda ◽  
Kamlesh K. Jain ◽  
Gopal P. Soni ◽  
Shubhra A. Gupta ◽  
Srishti Dixit ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Waist Hip Ratio ◽  
Waist Height Ratio

Background: Obesity is now an important emerging public health problem in India. It is one of the major risk factor for hypertension. Overweight persons have two to six fold increase in the risk of developing hypertension. This study was carried out with objective to find out prevalence of Hypertension and assess its association with four obesity-related indices- body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR).Methods: A cross-sectional community-based study was done among 640 study subjects of age group 25-59 years during July 2015 to June 2016. Multi stage random sampling method was used. Data collection was done using WHO STEPS instrument V 3.1. Privacy and confidentiality of data was maintained. Data was entered in the Microsoft excel, collected data was checked for its completeness and correctness before data analysis with the help of PSPP software.Results: Prevalence of hypertension among study subjects was found to be 22.19% (142 out of 640).With respect to body mass index, waist circumference, waist hip ratio and waist height ratio, 4.38%, 64.35%, 85.33%, 76.2% were found to be obese respectively. Hypertension was strongly associated with BMI (p<0.001), waist circumference (p<0.001), waist hip ratio (p<0.05), waist height ratio (p<0.05). Out of the four anthropometric variables waist hip ratio (WHR) was most strongly associated with hypertension (β=420.236, p=0.007).Conclusions: The study shows a rising burden of hypertension among study population. As WHR is the best indicator for measuring obesity, so measurement of WHR should be made compulsory in healthy life style clinics along with other parameters.

scholarly journals Computer-aided tomography and anthropometry in the diagnosis of visceral obesity in men

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
I. V. Dvoryashina ◽  
T. N. Ivanova ◽  
I. A. Rogozina ◽  
A. A. Korobitsyn
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Computer Tomography ◽  
Visceral Fat ◽  
Abdominal Cavity ◽  
Visceral Obesity ◽  
Fatty Tissue ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Fat Depots ◽  
Sagittal Diameter

A total of 153 men with obesity of different degree and 51 men with normal body weight aged 40-60 years were examined in order to detect a relationship between anthropometric parameters and computer tomography data characterizing the accumulation of abdominal fat at different sites. Body weight, height, waist and hips circumferences, and cutaneo-fatty folds were measured. The area of total abdominal fatty tissue, vis- ceral and subcutaneous fat were evaluated by computer tomography; scanning of the abdominal cavity showed images of two sections (at the levels of the 2-3 and 4-5 lumbar verte brae). The results indicate that abdominal obesity in men is characterized by predominant accumulation of fatty tissue in visceral fat depots. The most informative anthropometric markers of the degree of visceral fat accumulation are sagittal diameter and waist circumference. Sagittal diameter 21.1 cm and waist circumference 95.9 cm and more indicate pronounced visceral obesity (93.2 and 88.9% examinees, respectively). These anthropometric parameters are recommended for the diagnosis of visceral obesity in clinical practice.

scholarly journals The spermatogenesis and antioxidative activity of an ejaculate in young men with post pubertal visceral obesity and normal andrological anamnesis

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Roman V. Rozhivanov ◽  
Dmitriy G. Kurbatov
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Antioxidant Activity ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Microscopic Examination ◽  
Antioxidative Activity ◽  
Visceral Obesity ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Healthy Men

Background: Taking into account a common development of a visceral obesity at men, research of its influence on a spermatogenesis and antioxidative activity of an ejaculate is actual. Aims: Assessments of spermatogenesis and antioxidative activity of ejaculate in young men with post pubertal visceral obesity and normal andrological anamnesis in comparing with healthy men. Materials and methods: 80 men with post pubertal and nutritional visceral obesity in the age of until 30 years and 30 healthy men have been included in cross-section research. The assessments of waist circumference, levels of gonadotropins and total testosteron, antioxidant activity of an ejaculate, its electronic-microscopic examination was carried spent. Statistically significant counted differences between groups at p 0.05. Results: In young men with post pubertal visceral obesity and normal andrological anamnesis the spermatogenesis was significantly worse in comparing with healthy men. These differences were were significant for waist circumference more more then 98 cm. Antioxidative activity of ejaculate in men with visceral obesity also was significantly lower in comparing with healthy men. The maximal expressiveness of sperm pathogenetic disorders was in men with waist circumference more then 102 cm. Conclusions: In young men with post pubertal visceral obesity and normal andrological anamnesis the spermatogenesis is worse compared to healthy men. If the waist circumference less than 102 cm, the spermatogenesis is normal in most cases, but antioxidant activity of an ejaculate is pathological and mediated through oxidative stress.

scholarly journals Preditores antropométricos de hipertensão arterial sistêmica em mulheres afrodescendentes

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 27527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Merten Padilha ◽  
Alcides Da Silva Diniz ◽  
Haroldo Da Silva Ferreira ◽  
Marília Tokiko Oliveira Tomiya ◽  
Poliana Coelho Cabral
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Arterial Hypertension ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Height Ratio ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Waist To Hip Ratio ◽  
Systemic Arterial Hypertension ◽  
Waist To Height Ratio ◽  
Conicity Index

***Anthropometric predictors of hypertension in afro-descendant women***AIMS: To determine the association between anthropometric parameters and systemic arterial hypertension and to identify the best anthropometrics predictors of this disease in afro-descendant women from remaining quilombo communities.METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with quilombola women from Alagoas State. Blood pressure, anthropometric parameters (body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, conicity index, body fat), sociodemographic variables, smoking and parity were investigated. The associations between anthropometric parameters and systemic arterial hypertension were investigated using Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment. The ability of these parameters to predict the presence of systemic arterial hypertension was analyzed using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves.RESULTS: A total of 1,553 women, aged between 20 and 59 years, were evaluated. The prevalence of systemic arterial hypertension was 35.8% and that of overweight was 48.5%. The presence of systemic arterial hypertension was associated with body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, and body fat, even after adjusting for age, socioeconomic class, and smoking status. From the ROC curves, the following cutoff points were found: body mass index ≥26.2 kg/m², waist circumference ≥81.6 cm, waist-to-hip ratio ≥0.84, waist-to-height ratio ≥0.54, conicity index ≥1.20 and body fat ≥35.4%. Body fat, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-waist ratio were equally able to predict systemic arterial hypertension.CONCLUSIONS: All indicators of global obesity and those of central obesity, except for the conicity index, were associated with systemic arterial hypertension in this sample of Afro-descendant quilombola women. Percentage of body fat, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio were the best anthropometric predictors of systemic arterial hypertension. These measures had equal, albeit low, discriminatory power for the presence of systemic arterial hypertension in this population.

scholarly journals A comparative cross sectional study on relationship between thyroid profile and anthropometric measurements

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 239
Author(s):  
Raghavendra Bhat ◽  
Prakash Rao Katta Subraya ◽  
Ramachandra Bhat C.
Keyword(s):  
Waist Circumference ◽  
Subclinical Hypothyroidism ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Anthropometric Parameters ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Waist Hip Ratio ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Tsh Levels

Background: The prevalence of obesity is increasing globally and one of the important factors associated with obesity is thought to be thyroid dysfunction. The objective of the present study was to find the incidence of subclinical hypothyroidism in overweight and obese individuals and to assess the relationship between the TSH levels and anthropometric parameters.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among 100 adults attending the hospital selected by a systematic random sampling method. Standard protocols were used to assess the laboratory and anthropometric parameters. Written informed consent was taken from the subjects and institutional ethical clearance was obtained before starting the study.  Results: Of the 42% males and 58% females who were studied, 24% of the subjects had a BMI more than 24.99. 6% and 2% of the study subjects were having subclinical hypothyroidism and hypothyroidism respectively. There was a significant association between hypothyroidism and increased BMI values, waist circumference and waist hip ratio. Conclusions: A highly significant association was found between the serum TSH levels and the Body Mass Index, Waist circumference and Waist Hip ratio. The mean TSH levels were higher in the obese  when compared to normal subjects.

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