October 17, 2012Obesity Reviews
A systematic review of the impact of including both waist and hip circumference in risk models for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and mortality
Key result
Including both waist and hip circumference in regression models revealed the full strength of their association with morbidity and mortality across the reviewed studies.
Why the study?
Does including both waist and hip circumference in risk models improve the prediction of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and mortality?
Population
Studies reporting the association of waist and hip circumferences with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes…
Comparison
Inclusion of both waist and hip circumference… vs Unadjusted models or models including only one…
Design
Systematic_review
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
May improve CVD and mortality risk estimation by capturing hip circumference's protective effect; extends evidence for separate inclusion in prediction models.
Study Design
Type
Systematic Review
Structured PICO
Does including both waist and hip circumference in risk models improve the prediction of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and mortality?
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Population
Studies reporting the association of waist and hip circumferences with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and mortality (10 studies reporting hip circumference associations, 5 studies reporting waist circumference associations)
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Intervention
Inclusion of both waist and hip circumference terms in regression models
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Comparator
Unadjusted models or models including only one anthropometric measure
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Outcome
Risk of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and premature mortalityhard clinical
Including both waist and hip circumference as separate terms in risk prediction models may improve the estimation of obesity-related risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality by accounting for the protective effect of hip circumference.
Cite This Study
Cameron et al. (2012) conducted a systematic review in Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and mortality. Inclusion of both waist and hip circumference in risk models vs. Unadjusted models or single-measure models was evaluated on Association with morbidity and/or mortality. Including both waist and hip circumference in regression models revealed the full strength of their association with morbidity and mortality across the reviewed studies.