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ArticleScientific reports2018

A comparison of trunk circumference and width indices for hypertension and type 2 diabetes in a large-scale screening: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Bum Ju Lee, Boncho Ku

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Bum Ju LeeKorea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Future Medicine Division, Deajeon, 305-811, Republic of Korea. bjlee@kiom.re.kr.ORCID 0000-0003-2682-5716
Boncho KuKorea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Future Medicine Division, Deajeon, 305-811, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5520-9782

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National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) NRF-2015M3A9B6027139
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Abstract

Anthropometric indices determine important risk factors for many chronic diseases. However, to date, no study has simultaneously analyzed the capabilities of trunk circumference and width indices to identify hypertension and type 2 diabetes in a large-scale screening study. The objectives of this study were to examine the associations of hypertension and - diabetes with circumference and width indices measured at the five identical positions (axillary, chest, rib, waist, and pelvic) and to compare the capabilities of circumference and width indices to identify the two diseases. Data were obtained from the Korean Health and Genome Epidemiology Study database. The associations and abilities of the circumference indices to identify diabetes were greater than those for hypertension. Overall, trunk circumference indices displayed stronger associations with and greater abilities to identify hypertension and diabetes than did trunk width indices at the five positions. In the comparative analysis between index pairs of circumference and width in patients with diabetes, significant differences were shown at all five positions and in the adjusted analysis of axillary, chest, rib, and pelvic positions. Therefore, width indices should not be used as an alternative indicator of type 2 diabetes in either men or women, except when measured at the waist.

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Waist CircumferenceAdultAnthropometryBiomarkersBody Mass IndexCross-Sectional StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansHypertensionMaleMass ScreeningMiddle AgedObesityRepublic of KoreaRetrospective StudiesBiomarkers

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