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The hypertriglyceridemic waist, waist‐to‐height ratios and cardiometabolic risk in university students (1001.8)
Author(s) -
Villalobos Raffael D,
Villalobos Daniel,
MurguíaRomero Miguel,
JiménezFlores Raffael,
MéndezCruz René,
SigristFlores Santiago,
Medrano Gabriel,
VillalobosMolina Rafael
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.1001.8
Subject(s) - waist , circumference , waist to height ratio , body mass index , medicine , metabolic syndrome , percentile , triglyceride , demography , insulin resistance , obesity , endocrinology , gerontology , cholesterol , mathematics , statistics , geometry , sociology
We used hypertriglyceridemic waist (HW) and waist‐to‐height ratios (WHTR) as simple clinical approaches to identify young adults at risk of cardiometabolic disorders. This cross‐sectional design study was assessed in 4619 students (3142 women) aged 17‐24 years from first grade university, México. Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and biochemical variables were determined. The HW phenotype was defined as a waist circumference > 90th percentile for age and sex, and triglyceride concentrations > 1.24 mM, and a high WHTR was defined as > 0.5. We found 42.2% students with increased WC, 18% hypertriglyceridemic and 11.6% of HW phenotype among the sample. Waist circumference and the HW phenotype seem to predict better those young adults at increased risk for cardiometabolic disorders, i.e., those who bear components of metabolic syndrome/insulin resistance. Grant Funding Source : RV‐M is supported by PASPA, DGAPA, UNAM