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Correlation of visceral body fat with waist–hip ratio, waist circumference and body mass index in healthy adults: A cross sectional study
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Gadekar, Tukaram Dudeja, Puja Basu, Ipsita Vashisht, Shruti Mukherji, Sandip |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Journal: Medical Journal Armed Forces India Visceral Fat (VF) is the underlying culprit for cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, breast cancer, etc. VF can be estimated at present only by using expensive instruments as Bio Impedance Analyzer (BIA), DEXA scanner, etc. Measurement of Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR) can be used as a proxy for VF. Hence, the present study was done to assess the role of WHR as appropriate technology for assessment of VF. The aim of this study was to find correlation of Visceral Fat Area (VFA) with (WHR), Waist Circumference (WC) and Body Mass Index (BMI) in young healthy adults. It was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted on 215 healthy adults over one year in Western Maharashtra. Biospace 720 was used to assess VF. Data was analyzed by using software SPSS version 20.0. In body 720 was used to assess VF of subjects. Majority 155 (73%) were males and 57 (27%) were females. Nearly half (42% of males, 49% of females) had VFA above cut off value (i.e. 100 cm2) and 42% of males had WHR >0.9 and 56% of females had WHR >0.8. We found a very strong correlation between VFA and WHR (r = 0.936, p < 0.05) among males and females (r = 0.920, p < 0.05) and correlation between WC and BMI with VFA (r = 0.739, r = 0.758) for males, (r = 0.774, r = 0.605) for females was modest. There is a strong correlation between VF and WHR. Measurement of WHR is simple, handy, and inexpensive tool which can be used as a surrogate to measure VF. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6994756/pdf http://www.mjafi.net/article/S0377123717311978/pdf |
| Ending Page | 46 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 41 |
| ISSN | 03771237 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.mjafi.2017.12.001 |
| Journal | Medical Journal Armed Forces India |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 76 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
| Publisher Date | 2020-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Medical Journal Armed Forces India Visceral Fat Area Waist–hip Ratio Appropriate Technology |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |
