American Heart Association

Ardern

Carey

Chan

Després

Ford

Hill

Kaye

Ki-Hong Chun

Kuczmarski

Kyung-Won Paek

Ledoux

National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)

Paek

Poirier

Rankinen

Reeder

Rexrode

Rimm

Sargeant

Seidell

Tulloch-Reid

US Department of Agriculture

Wang

Yonsei Medical Journal

English

PubMed

PURPOSE: This research compares the predictive value of the abdominal obesity indicator, waist circumference (WC), and the overall obesity indicator, body mass index (BMI), among men and women with regard to type 2 diabetes.



MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study used data collected from 4,400 households selected by a stratified multistage probability sampling method during the 2001 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). The final study sample included 4,684 subjects over 30 years of age who had completed the health examination required for the analysis of the health interview and health behavior surveys.



RESULTS: Both men and women showed significant differences in fasting blood glucose (FBG) or HbA1c levels based on abdominal obesity irrespective of BMI. However, the presence of overall obesity among men with abdominal obesity was not significantly correlated with FBG or HbA1c levels, while the presence of overall obesity among women with abdominal obesity was significantly different in regard to FBG or HbA1c levels.



CONCLUSION: Both WC and BMI emerged as a measures of risk factors for type 2 diabetes among women while only WC emerged as a risk factor for diabetes among men

Paek, KW

Chun, KH

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Sex difference of type 2 diabetes affected by abdominal obesity versus overall obesity.

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Sex Difference of Type 2 Diabetes Affected by Abdominal Obesity versus Overall Obesity

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Sex Difference of Type 2 Diabetes Affected by Abdominal Obesity versus Overall Obesity

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