Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk
To assess the role of body adiposity index (BAI) in predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, in comparison with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and the waist circumference to hip circumference ratio (WHR). This study was a prospective 15 ye...
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| author | Dhaliwal, Satvinder Welborn, T. Goh, Louise Howat, Peter |
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| description | To assess the role of body adiposity index (BAI) in predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, in comparison with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and the waist circumference to hip circumference ratio (WHR). This study was a prospective 15 year mortality follow-up of 4175 Australian males, free of heart disease, diabetes and stroke. The Framingham Risk Scores (FRS) for CHD and CVD death were calculated at baseline for all subjects. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the effects of the measures of obesity on CVD and CHD mortality, before adjustment and after adjustment for FRS. The predictive ability of BAI, though present in the unadjusted analyses, was generally not significant after adjustment for age and FRS for both CVD and CHD mortality. BMI behaved similarly to BAI in that its predictive ability was generally not significant after adjustments. Both WC and WHR were significant predictors of CVD and CHD mortality and remained significant after adjustment for covariates. BAI appeared to be of potential interest as a measure of % body fat and of obesity, but was ineffective in predicting CVD and CHD. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-481692017-10-02T02:27:58Z Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk Dhaliwal, Satvinder Welborn, T. Goh, Louise Howat, Peter To assess the role of body adiposity index (BAI) in predicting cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, in comparison with body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and the waist circumference to hip circumference ratio (WHR). This study was a prospective 15 year mortality follow-up of 4175 Australian males, free of heart disease, diabetes and stroke. The Framingham Risk Scores (FRS) for CHD and CVD death were calculated at baseline for all subjects. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the effects of the measures of obesity on CVD and CHD mortality, before adjustment and after adjustment for FRS. The predictive ability of BAI, though present in the unadjusted analyses, was generally not significant after adjustment for age and FRS for both CVD and CHD mortality. BMI behaved similarly to BAI in that its predictive ability was generally not significant after adjustments. Both WC and WHR were significant predictors of CVD and CHD mortality and remained significant after adjustment for covariates. BAI appeared to be of potential interest as a measure of % body fat and of obesity, but was ineffective in predicting CVD and CHD. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48169 10.1371/journal.pone.0094560 PLOS fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Dhaliwal, Satvinder Welborn, T. Goh, Louise Howat, Peter Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| title | Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| title_full | Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| title_fullStr | Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| title_full_unstemmed | Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| title_short | Obesity as Assessed by Body Adiposity Index and Multivariable Cardiovascular Disease Risk |
| title_sort | obesity as assessed by body adiposity index and multivariable cardiovascular disease risk |
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