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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Waist circumference, BMI, and visceral adipose tissue in white women and women of African descent
Obesity, Volume 19, No. 3, Year 2011
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Although waist circumference (WC) is a marker of visceral adipose tissue (VAT), WC cut-points are based on BMI category. We compared WC-BMI and WC-VAT relationships in blacks and whites. Combining data from five studies, BMI and WC were measured in 1,409 premenopausal women (148 white South Africans, 607 African-Americans, 186 black South Africans, 445 West Africans, 23 black Africans living in United States). In three of five studies, participants had VAT measured by computerized tomography (n = 456). Compared to whites, blacks had higher BMI (29.6 ± 7.6 (mean ± s.d.) vs. 27.6 ± 6.6 kg/m2, P = 0.001), similar WC (92 ± 16 vs. 90 ± 15 cm, P = 0.27) and lower VAT (64 ± 42 vs. 101 ± 59 cm2, P < 0.001). The WC-BMI relationship did not differ by race (blacks: β (s.e.) WC = 0.42 (.01), whites: β (s.e.) WC = 0.40 (0.01), P = 0.73). The WC-VAT relationship was different in blacks and whites (blacks: β (s.e.) WC = 1.38 (0.11), whites: β (s.e.) WC = 3.18 (0.21), P < 0.001). Whites had a greater increase in VAT per unit increase in WC. WC-BMI and WC-VAT relationships did not differ among black populations. As WC-BMI relationship did not differ by race, the same BMI-based WC guidelines may be appropriate for black and white women. However, if WC is defined by VAT, race-specific WC thresholds are required. © 2010 The Obesity Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sumner, Anne E.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Niddk
Micklesfield, Lisa K.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences
Ricks, Madia
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Niddk
Tambay, Anita V.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Niddk
Avila, Nilo A.
United States, Washington, D.c.
Washington Dc va Medical Center
Thomas, Francine
United States, Bethesda
National Institutes of Health Nih
Lambert, E. Victoria
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Levitt, Naomi S.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Evans, Juliet
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Rotimi, Charles N.
United States, Bethesda
National Human Genome Research Institute Nhgri
Tulloch-Reid, Marshall Kerr
Jamaica, Kingston
The University of the West Indies
Goedecke, Julia H.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Statistics
Citations: 65
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/oby.2010.201
ISSN:
19307381
e-ISSN:
1930739X
Research Areas
Noncommunicable Diseases
Participants Gender
Female