SynthesisInternational journal of obesity (2005)2014
Changes in waist circumference relative to body mass index in Chinese adults, 1993-2009.
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- Sex differences in the secular change in waist circumference relative to BMI in five countries from 1997 to 2020.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Article
- Sex differences in the secular change in waist circumference relative to body mass index in the Americas and England from 1997 to 2020.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Individuals with obesity and COVID-19: A global perspective on the epidemiology and biological relationships.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Review
- Waist Circumference Change is Associated with Blood Pressure Change Independent of BMI Change.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Article
- Neck and waist circumference values according to sex, age, and body-mass index: Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2020Article
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- Six-Year Incidence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in a Population-Based Cohort of Chinese Adults Followed From 2009 to 2015.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Article
- Trend of various adiposity indices in women with and without history of gestational diabetes: a population-based cohort study.BMC endocrine disorders · 2019Article
- Effects of Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass on Chinese Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Different Levels of Obesity: Outcomes After 3 Years' Follow-Up.Obesity surgery · 2018Article
- Time Trends of Dietary and Lifestyle Factors and Their Potential Impact on Diabetes Burden in China.Diabetes care · 2017Article
- Intergenerational diabetes and obesity-A cycle to break?PLoS medicine · 2017Article
- Prevalence of abdominal obesity among Chinese adults in 2011.Journal of epidemiology · 2017Article
- Life-course and Cohort Trajectories of Chronic Non-communicable Diseases Risk Factors in China.Iranian journal of public health · 2017Article
- Associations of changes in body mass index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in healthy middle-aged adults.PloS one · 2017Article
- Increases in waist circumference independent of weight in Mongolia over the last decade: the Mongolian STEPS surveys.BMC obesity · 2017Article
- Gender difference in the association between food away-from-home consumption and body weight outcomes among Chinese adults.Public health nutrition · 2016Article
- Weight Gain Trajectories Associated With Elevated C-Reactive Protein Levels in Chinese Adults.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are correlated, the relationship between WC and BMI may have changed over time.
objectivesTo describe temporal trends in BMI and WC distributions and quantify the increase in WC at a given BMI over time. SUBJECTS/
methodsData on adults aged 20-59 years from two waves (1993 and 2009) of the China Health and Nutrition Survey were used in a pooled cross-sectional analysis. Quantile regression examined age-adjusted temporal trends in the distributions of BMI and WC. Linear regression examined changes in mean WC over time, adjusting for BMI, age at survey and survey year. All models were stratified by gender.
resultsThere was a significant increase in BMI and WC over time, particularly at the 95th quantile: on average, men had 2.8 kg m(-2) (95% confidence interval (CI): 2.4, 3.3) and women 1.5 kg m(-)(2) (95% CI: 1.1, 2.0) higher BMI in 2009 compared with their counterparts in 1993. WC increased by 9.0 cm (95% CI: 7.5, 10.1) and 5.0 cm (95% CI: 3.4, 6.6) for men and women, respectively. On average, men and women had a 3.2 cm (95% CI: 2.8, 3.7) and 2.1 cm (95% CI: 1.7, 2.5) higher WC in 2009 compared with their counterparts in 1993, holding BMI and age constant. WC adjusted for BMI increased to a larger extent among obese versus lean individuals and among younger versus older women.
conclusionsFor both genders, BMI and WC increased significantly over time, with particularly greatest increase in magnitude in the upper tail of the BMI and WC distributions. Furthermore, WC at equivalent BMIs was higher in 2009, compared with their counterparts in 1993. Our findings suggest that even if BMI remained constant from 1993 to 2009, adults in 2009 might be at increased cardiometabolic risk as a result of their higher WC.
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