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Prevalence Rates of Abdominal Obesity, High Waist-to-Height Ratio and Excess Adiposity, and Their Associated Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Factors: SIMETAP-AO Study

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: In addition to obesity, adiposity and abdominal obesity (AO) are parameters included in the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome. However, their prevalence and association with the other CKM factors have been less studied. Our study aimed to determine the prevalence rates of AO, high waist-to-height ratio (WtHR), and excess adiposity (EA), and to compare their associations with CKM factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted with a random population-based sample of 6,588 study subjects between 18 and 102 years of age. Crude and sex- and age-adjusted prevalence rates of AO, high-WtHR, and EA were calculated, and their associations with CKM variables were assessed by bivariate and multivariate analyses. RESULTS: The adjusted prevalence rates for AO, high-WtHR, and EA were 39.6% (33.6% in men; 44.9% in women), 30.6% (31.1% in men; 30.6% in women), and 65.6% (65.6% in men; 65.3% in women), respectively, and they increased with age. The main independent factors associated with AO, high-WtHR, and EA were hypertension, diabetes, prediabetes, low HDL-C, hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridemia, physical inactivity, hyperuricemia, and chronic kidney disease. CONCLUSIONS: Two-thirds of the adult population have EA, one-third have AO, and one-third have high-WtHR. These findings support that the other factors of CKM syndrome, in addition to hyperuricemia and physical inactivity, show an independent association with these adiposity-related variables.

Source: Nutrients

DOI: 10.3390/nu16223948

Authors: Antonio Ruiz-García, Adalberto Serrano-Cumplido, Carlos Escobar-Cervantes, Ezequiel Arranz-Martínez, Vicente Pallarés-Carratalá

Institutions: Universidad Europea de Madrid, Institut de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations, Euskaltzaindia, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universitat Jaume I

Language: English

Topic: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,296