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High waist circumference is associated with multiple cardiovascular risk factors
Abdominal obesity plays a major role in the development of multiple metabolic disorders, including dyslipidaemia1, insulin resistance2, type 2 diabetes3 and metabolic syndrome4 – all factors leading to the development of cardiovascular disease.
Analysis of data from the NHANES 1999–2000 cohort from the USA shows that high waist circumference (NCEP/ATP III definition) is commonly associated with other cardiovascular risk factors, as shown on the slide.5 Overall, 86% of abdominally obese patients had at least one other cardiovascular risk factor.5
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2. Pouliot MC et al. Visceral obesity in men. Associations with glucose tolerance, plasma insulin, and lipoprotein levels. Diabetes1992;41:826–34
3. Kissebah AH et al. Health risks of obesity. Med Clin North Am1989;73:111–38
4.Turkoglu C et al. Effect of abdominal obesity on insulin resistance and the components of the metabolic syndrome: evidence supporting obesity as the central feature. Obes Surg 2003;13:699–705
5. NHANES 1999–2000. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes. Data downloaded September 2004 using SAS software (Data on file).
