The results of this study imply that WtHR is a valid parameter for assessing abdominal obesity in elderly individuals. The observed WtHR values indicate that women are at greater health risk than men. Given the high prevalence of sarcopenic obesity in older adults and the demonstrated limitations of BMI, we propose that WtHR should be incorporated into routine clinical practice for obesity assessment in this age group.
Začiragić et al. (Tue,) studied this question.