Adiposity measures and their relationship with metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease in Bengalee Hindu men of Kolkata, India

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ID6135729
AutoresArnab Ghosh (0000-0002-3390-2647, University of Calcutta), Kaushik Bose (0000-0003-2283-4682, Vidyasagar University), P Chakravarti, S P Chakravarti (University of Calcutta), SHILA CHAKRAVARTI (University of Calcutta), Asit Baran Das Chaudhuri (University of Calcutta), Jayanti Chattopadhyay (Department of Pathology, B. R. Singh Hospital), Gautam Dasgupta (Department of Pathology, B. R. Singh Hospital), Sivaji Sengupta (Department of Pathology, B. R. Singh Hospital)
Año2004
Volumen112
Número2
Páginas115-119
Fecha de publicación2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAnthropological Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0918-7960 • E-ISSN: 1348-8570
EditorialAnthropological Society of Nippon (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.1537/ase.00093
OpenAlexW1994780839
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas19

The aim of the present study was to investigate the associations of generalized and central adiposity with established metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) among Bengalee Hindu men of Kolkata, India. A cross-sectional study of 212 Bengalee Hindu men resident in Kolkata, India, was undertaken utilizing four measures of adiposity: body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and conicity index (CI). Total cholesterol (TC), high density (HDL-C), low density (LDL-C) and very low density (VLDL-C) cholesterol lipoproteins, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and fasting triglyceride (FTG) levels were recorded. Results revealed that BMI did not have significant correlation with any of the metabolic variables. The Pearson correlation coefficients (r) of the central adiposity measures (WC, WHR and CI) were similar. WC, WHR and CI were significantly correlated (except WC and TC) with TC, VLDL-C, FBG and FTG. However, HDL-C and LDL-C did not show significant correlation with WC, WHR and CI. Regression analyses revealed that WC, WHR and CI had significant impact on TC, VLDL-C, FBG and FTG. All three measures of central adiposity had similar effect. This significant effect remained essentially the same even after controlling for BMI. In conclusion, the present investigation revealed that among Bengalee Hindu men, any one of these three measures (WC, WHR and CI) can be used in cross-sectional epidemiological studies dealing with the relationship of central adiposity and metabolic risk factors for CHD

Body mass index · Cholesterol · Coronary heart disease · Cross-sectional study · Risk factor · Triglyceride · Waist · Waist–hip ratio · Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity · Demography · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Endocrinology · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine