ArticleObesity facts2022
Issue of Waist Circumference for the Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome Regarding Arterial Stiffness: Possible Utility of a Body Shape Index in Middle-Aged Nonobese Japanese Urban Residents Receiving Health Screening.
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- Association between visceral fat area and metabolic syndrome in individuals with normal body weight: insights from a Chinese health screening dataset.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- The additive effect of the estimated glucose disposal rate and a body shape index on cardiovascular disease: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Effect of a Phytochemical-Rich Olive-Derived Extract on Anthropometric, Hematological, and Metabolic Parameters.Nutrients · 2024Article
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- The predictive ability of ABSI compared to BMI for mortality and frailty among older adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Cumulative Cigarette Consumption is Associated with Cardio-Ankle Vascular Index (CAVI) Mediated by Abdominal Obesity Assessed by A Body Shape Index (ABSI): A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2023Article
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- A Body Shape Index (ABSI) as a Variant of Conicity Index Not Affected by the Obesity Paradox: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Arterial Stiffness Parameter.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Sex and Age Differences in the Impact of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components including A Body Shape Index on Arterial Stiffness in the General Population.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2022Article
- Should the Definition of Metabolic Syndrome be Reconsidered from the Aspect of Arterial Stiffness?Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2022Article
- Arterial Stiffness Assessment by Pulse Wave Velocity in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome and Its Components: Is It a Useful Tool in Clinical Practice?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Various Obesity Indices and Arterial Function Evaluated with CAVI - Is Waist Circumference Adequate to Define Metabolic Syndrome?Vascular health and risk management · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionAbdominal obesity as a risk factor for diagnosing metabolic syndrome (MetS) is evaluated using waist circumference (WC), although WC does not necessarily reflect visceral adiposity. This cross-sectional study aimed to clarify whether replacing WC with "A Body Shape Index (ABSI)," an abdominal obesity index, in MetS diagnosis detects individuals with arterial stiffening assessed by cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI).
methodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in 46,872 Japanese urban residents (median age 40 years) who underwent health screening. Exclusion criteria were current treatments and a past history of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The Japanese, International Diabetes Federation, and NCEP-ATPIII criteria were used to diagnose MetS. High CAVI was defined as CAVI ≥9.0.
resultsCAVI correlated positively with ABSI (β = 0.127), but negatively with WC (β = -0.186), independent of age, sex, systolic blood pressure, fasting plasma glucose, and high-density lipoprotein--cholesterol. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis showed that ABSI had a stronger contribution to high CAVI (area under the ROC curve [AUC] = 0.730) than WC (AUC = 0.595) and body mass index (AUC = 0.520). ABSI ≥0.080 was defined as abdominal obesity based on the results of ROC analysis for high CAVI and estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. Logistic regression analysis revealed that replacing high WC with ABSI ≥0.080 in MetS diagnosis enhanced the detection of subjects with high CAVI. DISCUSSION/
conclusionUse of ABSI can detect subjects with arterial stiffening, which may lead to efficient stratification of CVD risk. Further studies are needed to confirm whether MetS diagnosis using ABSI predicts CVD morbidity and mortality.
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