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ArticleJournal of diabetes and metabolic disorders2021

Age-specific waist circumference cutoff-points for abdominal obesity diagnosis: a personalized strategy for a large Venezuelan population.

Valmore Bermudez, Juan Salazar, María Sofía Martínez, Luis Carlos Olivar, Manuel Nava, Milagros Rojas, Ángel Ortega, Roberto Añez, Alexandra Toledo, Joselyn Rojas and 4 more

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Article in Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Valmore BermudezFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Juan SalazarEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.ORCID 0000-0003-4211-528X
María Sofía MartínezEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.
Luis Carlos OlivarEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.
Manuel NavaEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.
Milagros RojasEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.
Ángel OrtegaEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.
Roberto AñezDepartamento de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
Alexandra ToledoEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.
Joselyn RojasPulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA.
Maricarmen ChacínFacultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Johel E RodríguezFacultad de Ingenierías, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Cúcuta, Colombia.
Luis D'MarcoHospital Clínico de Valencia, INCLIVA, Servicio de Nefrología, Valencia, Spain.
Clímaco CanoEndocrine and Metabolic Disease Research Center. School of Medicine, University of Zulia, Maracaibo, 4004 Venezuela.
Universidad del Zulia · VEUniversidad Simón Bolívar · COBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence shows that the ageing process is a determining factor in fat distribution, composition, and functionality. The goal of this research was to determine cut-off points for waist circumference according to age in the adult population from Maracaibo city, Venezuela. METHODOLOGY: The Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study is a descriptive, cross-sectional study with multi-stage randomized sampling. In this post-hoc analysis 1902 individuals ≥18 years and from both sexes were evaluated. Waist circumference ROC curves were built for each age group and sex, using metabolic phenotypes for classification.

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conclusionThe use of specific cut-off points according to age groups is proposed to determine abdominal obesity in Maracaibo city due to the underestimation seen in young people and the overestimation observed in older people when using a unique cut-off point.

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AgingCoronary artery diseaseHypertensionMetabolic syndromeObesityWaist circumference

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PMID34178833
PMCPMC8212304
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