Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast China
Background: The current overweight and obesity guidelines based on the Westerners are not consistent with many studies based on the Asians. The guidelines may be different because of regional diversity. This study aimed to determine the appropriate body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) cut...
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| description | Background: The current overweight and obesity guidelines based on the Westerners are not consistent with many studies based on the Asians. The guidelines may be different because of regional diversity. This study aimed to determine the appropriate body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) cutoff points in the adults of Northeast China.
Methods: Overall, 21206 adults were selected from Jilin Province Adult Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Survey conducted in 2012. A representative sample was collected in the Jilin Province of northeast China by a multistage stratified random cluster sampling design. The age of participants was from 20 to 79 yr old. The test items were clustered by risk factors, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were computed to analyze.
Results: Under different risk factors, BMI cutoff points were affected greatly. Especially for diabetes, the cutoff value was apparently larger than others were. WHR increased with age in both genders. From a general view, male WHR was slightly larger than female. In the male, WHR cutoff point was near 0.88 with a tiny change, as for in the female was near 0.86.
Conclusion: The cutoff values of sensitivity and specificity are relatively good and false positives rate is relatively low. BMI cutoffs values of overweight and obesity are 24.5 kg/m2 and 29.0 kg/m2, WHR cutoff values of the male are 0.88, the female is 0.86. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73faa784dbc94c94855d5ace5c4736f72022-12-21T20:24:17ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932017-07-01468Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast ChinaQiong YU0Bo PANG1Rui LIU2Wenwang RAO3Shangchao ZHANG4Yaqin YU5Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaDept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jilin University, Changchun, ChinaBackground: The current overweight and obesity guidelines based on the Westerners are not consistent with many studies based on the Asians. The guidelines may be different because of regional diversity. This study aimed to determine the appropriate body mass index (BMI) and waist-hip ratio (WHR) cutoff points in the adults of Northeast China. Methods: Overall, 21206 adults were selected from Jilin Province Adult Chronic Disease and Risk Factor Survey conducted in 2012. A representative sample was collected in the Jilin Province of northeast China by a multistage stratified random cluster sampling design. The age of participants was from 20 to 79 yr old. The test items were clustered by risk factors, and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were computed to analyze. Results: Under different risk factors, BMI cutoff points were affected greatly. Especially for diabetes, the cutoff value was apparently larger than others were. WHR increased with age in both genders. From a general view, male WHR was slightly larger than female. In the male, WHR cutoff point was near 0.88 with a tiny change, as for in the female was near 0.86. Conclusion: The cutoff values of sensitivity and specificity are relatively good and false positives rate is relatively low. BMI cutoffs values of overweight and obesity are 24.5 kg/m2 and 29.0 kg/m2, WHR cutoff values of the male are 0.88, the female is 0.86.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/10602Body mass indexWaist-hip ratioAdultCutoff pointChina |
| spellingShingle | Qiong YU Bo PANG Rui LIU Wenwang RAO Shangchao ZHANG Yaqin YU Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast China Iranian Journal of Public Health Body mass index Waist-hip ratio Adult Cutoff point China |
| title | Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast China |
| title_full | Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast China |
| title_fullStr | Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast China |
| title_short | Appropriate Body Mass Index and Waist-hip Ratio Cutoff Points for Overweight and Obesity in Adults of Northeast China |
| title_sort | appropriate body mass index and waist hip ratio cutoff points for overweight and obesity in adults of northeast china |
| topic | Body mass index Waist-hip ratio Adult Cutoff point China |
| url | https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/10602 |
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