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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• SHEN, Yun
• ZHANG, Lei
• ZONG, Wen Hong
• WANG, Zheng
• ZHANG, Yin
• YANG, Man Jing
• MA, Xiao Jing
• ZHU, Jia An
• BAO, Yu Qian
• JIA, Wei Ping

Titel

Correlation between Waist Circumference and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Women from Shanghai, China

Ist Teil von

• Biomedical and environmental sciences, 2013-07, Vol.26 (7), p.531-538

Ort / Verlag

Netherlands: Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective To evaluate whether waist circumference （WC） 〉85 cm is related to asymptomatic preclinical atherosclerosis in women from Shanghai, China. Methods A total of 2365 females aged 〉20 years recruited from 4 communities underwent physical examination and carotid artery scanning. Their carotid intima-media thickness （C-iMT） was measured. Results The C-IMT was significantly higher in overweight or obese women with their BMI 〉25.0 kg/m2 {P〈O.01） and in those with their WC _〉85 cm than in those with their WC 〈85 cm （P〈O.01）. Spearman and partial correlation analysis showed that the C-IMT was significantly correlated with WC which was independent of menopausal status. The C-IMT significantly increased with the increasing WC and reached to a platform in about 85 cm. An increment tendency was found in the subgroup with its WC 〈 85 cm （P〈O.01） while no significant tendency was found in the subgroup with its WC_〉85 cm （P=0.07）. Multiple stepwise regression analysis showed that the WC was an independent risk factor for C-IMT. In logistic regression model, the odd ratio of WC _〉80 cm, _〉80 cm and 〈85 cm and 〉85 cm for evaluating the risk of C-IMT elevation was 2.632, 2.501, and 1.878, respectively. Conclusion WC is significantly correlated with C-IMT in women from Shanghai, China, and WC_〉85 cm may be used in identifying the risk of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis.