Evaluation of waist circumference to predict general obesity and arterial hypertension in women in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Brazil

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ID5225322
AutoresGustavo Velasquez-Melendez (0000-0001-8349-5042, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasi), Murilo Carlos Oliveira Costa (0000-0001-6695-7268, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana), Gilberto Kac (0000-0001-8603-9077, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasi), Carlos A T Santos (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana), Joaquim Gonçalves Valente (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brasi; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasi), Carlito Lopes Nascimento Sobrinho (0000-0002-6387-3760, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana), Juliana O Freitas (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana), Roberta Tavares (0000-0001-8018-7490, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasi), Cibele Queiroz Da Silva (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasi), K A S L Ferreira (0000-0002-9278-7589, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana), Melissa A Silva (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana), Emerson Silami Garcia (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasi), Priscila L B Paula (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana)
Año2002
Volumen18
Número3
Páginas765-771
Fecha de publicación2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-311x2002000300020
PMID12048597
OpenAlexW2106061208
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2002000300020
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas21

This study examined the capacity of waist circumference (WC) to identify subjects with overweight (BMI 3 25) and obesity (BMI 3 30), in agreement with internationally recommended levels of action. Data were obtained from 791 women, 15-59 years old. After identifying overweight and obesity according to WC values, sensitivity and specificity were calculated to verify whether WC could be a good risk predictor for hypertension. Associations were tested by linear regression and logistic regression, controlling for confounding. WC cut-off points of 80cm and 88cm correctly identified 89.8% and 88.5% of women with overweight and obesity, respectively. Abdominal obesity (WC 3 88cm) was statistically associated with hypertension in the multivariate analysis (OR = 2.88; 95% CI: 1.77-4.67). Hypertension was identified with a sensitivity of 63.8% and 42.8%, and with a specificity of 68.0% and 83.3%, for WC 3 80 and 3 88, respectively. The proposed cut-off points for abdominal obesity can potentially distinguish individuals at risk for future obesity, but has only moderate power to predict individuals with high blood pressure

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