Optimal Cutoff Point of Waist Circumference and Use of Home Blood Pressure as a Definition of Metabolic Syndrome: The Ohasama Study | Zendy

Akira Sato | Zendy; K. Asayama | Zendy; Takayoshi Ohkubo | Zendy; Masahiro Kikuya | Zendy; T. Obara | Zendy; Hirohito Metoki | Zendy; Ryusuke Inoue | Zendy; A. Hara | Zendy; H. Hoshi | Zendy; Junichiro Hashimoto | Zendy; Kazuhito Totsune | Zendy; Hiroshi Satoh | Zendy; Y. Oka | Zendy; Yasuko Imai | Zendy

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Optimal Cutoff Point of Waist Circumference and Use of Home Blood Pressure as a Definition of Metabolic Syndrome: The Ohasama Study

Author(s) -

Akira Sato,

K. Asayama,

Takayoshi Ohkubo,

Masahiro Kikuya,

T. Obara,

Hirohito Metoki,

Ryusuke Inoue,

A. Hara,

H. Hoshi,

Junichiro Hashimoto,

Kazuhito Totsune,

Hiroshi Satoh,

Y. Oka,

Yasuko Imai

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009

H-Index - 136

eISSN - 1941-7225

pISSN - 0895-7061

DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2007.88

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , cutoff , metabolic syndrome , circumference , blood pressure , population , risk factor , logistic regression , body mass index , obesity , environmental health , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics

Self-measured blood pressure (BP) at home (HBP) has a stronger predictive power for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity than casual-screening BP (CBP). No studies have evaluated the clinical significance of self-measured HBP for diagnosing metabolic syndrome (MS). Eight scientific associations recently defined MS for the Japanese population. However, this definition remains controversial, especially with respect to the cutoff value of waist circumference (WC) being higher in women than in men.

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