Sensitivity and Specificity Improvement in Abdominal Obesity Diagnosis Using Cluster Analysis during Waist Circumference Cut‐Off Point Selection

V Bermúdez, J Rojas, J Salazar, R Añez… - Journal of diabetes …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of metabolic phenotypes
during the construction of ROC curves for waist circumference (WC) cutpoint selection …

Waist circumference cut‐off points for identification of abdominal obesity among the Tunisian adult population

R Bouguerra, H Alberti, H Smida… - Diabetes, Obesity …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: Waist circumference (WC) is a convenient measure of abdominal adipose tissue. It
itself is a cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes‐risk factor and is strongly linked to …

Waist circumference cutoff points and action levels for Asian Indians for identification of abdominal obesity

A Misra, NK Vikram, R Gupta, RM Pandey… - International journal of …, 2006 - nature.com
Objective: To test the validity of internationally accepted waist circumference (WC) action
levels for adult Asian Indians. Design: Analysis of data from multisite cross-sectional …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of body fat percent and adiposity indicators cut off values to detect metabolic risk factors in a sample of Mexican adults

N Macias, AD Quezada, M Flores, ME Valencia… - BMC Public Health, 2014 - Springer
Background Although body fat percent (BF%) may be used for screening metabolic risk
factors, its accuracy compared to BMI and waist circumference is unknown in a Mexican …

A comparison of the sensitivity and specificity of anthropometric measurements to predict unhealthy metabolic phenotype in overweight and obese women

N Rasaei, A Mirzababaei, H Arghavani, S Tajik… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Aim Metabolically Healthy Obese (MHO) is called to obese people that their insulin
sensitivity, lipid profiles and inflammatory profiles are favorable, and there are no signs of …

Determination of the cutoff point for waist circumference that establishes the presence of abdominal obesity in Latin American men and women

P Aschner, R Buendía, I Brajkovich, A Gonzalez… - Diabetes research and …, 2011 - Elsevier
AIMS: The recent definitions of the metabolic syndrome (MS) recognize the need for ethnic
and region-specific waist circumference (WC) cut-offs that identify people with abdominal …

Identification of waist circumference cutoffs for abdominal obesity in the Chinese population: a 7.8-year follow-up study in the Shanghai urban area

Y Ye, Y Bao, X Hou, X Pan, H Wu, H Li… - International Journal of …, 2009 - nature.com
Aim: To identify the appropriate visceral adipose tissue (VAT) cutoff values for the diagnosis
of abdominal obesity in predicting diabetes and the corresponding waist circumference in …

Maximum accuracy obesity indices for screening metabolic syndrome in Nigeria: A consolidated analysis of four cross-sectional studies

VM Oguoma, EU Nwose, II Ulasi, AA Akintunde… - Diabetes & Metabolic …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Background In sub-Saharan Africa, there is no precise use of metabolic syndrome
(MetS) definitions and risk factors screening indices in many clinical and public health …

Visceral adiposity index is a better predictor of unhealthy metabolic phenotype than traditional adiposity measures: results from a population-based study

FG Ferreira, LL Juvanhol, DCG da Silva… - Public health …, 2019 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe present study aimed to investigate whether the visceral adiposity index (VAI) is
an effective predictor to identify unhealthy metabolic phenotype by comparing normal-weight …

[HTML][HTML] The discriminatory power of visceral adipose tissue area vs anthropometric measures as a diagnostic marker for metabolic syndrome in South African women

FE Davidson, TE Matsha, RT Erasmus… - Diabetology & Metabolic …, 2019 - Springer
Background A number of studies have shown central adiposity, in particular visceral adipose
tissue (VAT) accumulation to be a hallmark of metabolic syndrome (MetS). In clinical …