#0021 Association between anthropometric indices of obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease in Japanese men
General vs Abdominal Obesity: Finding the Best Way to Predict Cardiovascular Disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally. Obesity is positively associated with CVD risk, and it can therefore be useful in predicting any future CVD events. Thus, the effective measurement of obesity is crucial for the prevention of CVD.
Obesity can be classified as both general obesity, which is presented as body mass index (BMI), and abdominal obesity, which is presented as waist circumference (WC) and waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR). However, it is still unclear whether these measures are related to CVD risk in a similar manner. Therefore, to understand the association between obesity and CVD better, it is important to determine which obesity measure is the most suitable to predict CVD.
To understand the association of the two obesity measures with CVD risk, we conducted a case-control study in middle-aged working Japanese men. To begin with, we collected the obesity index data and CVD data of 241 workers. Specifically, we examined whether BMI, WC, and WHtR collected at 4 years before the CVD were similarly associated with CVD events. As a reference point, we included a control group of individuals without any previous CVD events.
Our findings revealed that men who had an incidence of CVD also had higher mean values of BMI, WC, and WHtR than those in the control group. This can be attributed to the fact that obesity leads to health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia, which can lead to an increased risk of CVD. We also found that three obesity measures BMI, WC, and WHtR were all equally associated with the incidence of CVD.
To conclude, our findings highlighted that both general and abdominal obesity can be useful in the assessment of the risk of CVD. To gain more insights into the association between obesity and CVD, future studies should include factors such as socioeconomic status, family history of CVD, and lifestyles of the participants.
Link to the original journal article:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/1348-9585.12098
Title of the paper:
Association between anthropometric indices of obesity and risk of cardiovascular disease in Japanese men
Authors:
Mi Xiang, Huanhuan Hu, Teppei Imai, Akiko Nishihara, Naoko Sasaki,Takayuki Ogasawara, Ai Hori, Tohru Nakagawa, Shuichiro Yamamoto,Toru Honda, Hiroko Okazaki, Akihiko Uehara, Makoto Yamamoto, Toshiaki Miyamoto, Takeshi Kochi, Masafumi Eguchi, Taizo Murakami, Makiko Shimizu, Kentaro Tomita, Satsue Nagahama, Akiko Nanri, Maki Konishi, Shamima Akter, Keisuke Kuwahara1, Ikuko Kashino, Miwa Yamaguchi, Isamu Kabe, Tetsuya Mizoue, Naoki Kunugita, Seitaro Dohifor the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study Group
