Key result
Changes in waist circumference are linked to cardiometabolic risk factor shifts over 9 years.
Why the study?
There are few publications on the effects of changes in abdominal adiposity on cardiometabolic risk factors over time.
Does a change in waist circumference affect the incidence and improvement of cardio-metabolic risk factors in men and women over 9 years?
Cohort
Does a change in waist circumference affect the incidence and improvement of cardio-metabolic risk factors in men and women over 9 years?
This study evaluates the impact of gaining or losing abdominal adiposity over a 9-year period on the incidence and improvement of cardiometabolic risk factors.
Abdominal adiposity changes may inform cardio-metabolic risk monitoring; leaves open whether targeting distribution improves outcomes.
Obesity and abdominal adiposity have been shown to be risk factors for cardiovascular disease and particularly for diabetes in prospective studies (1-8). In cross sectional studies both are related with risk factors for these diseases (9-12), but there are few publications on the effects of changes in abdominal adiposity (13). We characterise men and women who gained and lost abdominal adiposity over nine years and describe the incidence and the improvement in cardio-metabolic risk factors according to changes in waist circumference
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Balkau et al. (2007) conducted a cohort in Cardiometabolic risk factors. Change in waist circumference was evaluated on Incidence and improvement in cardio-metabolic risk factors.
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