Association between anthropometric measures of obesity and cardiovascular risk markers in a self-selected group of indigenous Australians. |
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| Authors: | Lionel C K Chan Robert S Ware Janine Kesting Maureen Marczak David Good Joanne T E Shaw |
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| Affiliation: | Discipline of Medicine, the Prince Charles Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. lionel.chan@uq.edu.au |
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| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Indigenous Australians have a high prevalence of obesity and an unacceptably high rate of cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 93 high-risk indigenous Australians to assess how strongly three anthropometric measures correlated with known cardiovascular risk factors. RESULTS: Both waist circumference and body mass index were strongly associated with important risk factors. The waist : hip ratio was less useful. Waist circumference was the only measure that significantly correlated with the urine albumin creatinine ratio (rho=0.14; P=0.04). CONCLUSION: Measuring the waist circumference is a cheap, effective way of monitoring cardiovascular risk. |
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