Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index and intra-abdominal fat mass

Tina Landsvig Berentzen; Lars Ängquist; Anna Kotronen; Ronald Borra; Hannele Yki-Järvinen; Patricia Iozzo; Riitta Parkkola; Pirjo Nuutila; Robert Ross; David B Allison; Steven B Heymsfield; Kim Overvad; Thorkild I A Sørensen; Marianne Uhre Jakobsen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032213

Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index and intra-abdominal fat mass

Tina Landsvig Berentzen, Lars Ängquist, Anna Kotronen, Ronald Borra, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Patricia Iozzo, Riitta Parkkola, Pirjo Nuutila, Robert Ross, David B Allison, Steven B Heymsfield, Kim Overvad, Thorkild I A Sørensen, Marianne Uhre Jakobsen

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Abstract

The association between waist circumference (WC) and mortality is particularly strong and direct when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). One conceivable explanation for this association is that WC adjusted for BMI is a better predictor of the presumably most harmful intra-abdominal fat mass (IAFM) than WC alone. We studied the prediction of abdominal subcutaneous fat mass (ASFM) and IAFM by WC alone and by addition of BMI as an explanatory factor.

Original language	English
Journal	P L o S One
Volume	7
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	e32213
ISSN	1932-6203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032213
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Body Composition
Body Mass Index
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Female
Glucose Tolerance Test
Humans
Intra-Abdominal Fat
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity
Regression Analysis
Waist Circumference

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Berentzen, T. L., Ängquist, L., Kotronen, A., Borra, R., Yki-Järvinen, H., Iozzo, P., Parkkola, R., Nuutila, P., Ross, R., Allison, D. B., Heymsfield, S. B., Overvad, K., Sørensen, T. I. A., & Jakobsen, M. U. (2012). Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index and intra-abdominal fat mass. P L o S One, 7(2), e32213. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032213

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