Waist Circumference

Among older adults, three measures of adiposity conferred elevated risk for HF in patients with diabetes but not in those without diabetes, according to data published in Circulation.

BMI is widely used to classify patients into weight groups and to identify those at higher risk for a variety of conditions, including type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and certain cancers.

Surrogate insulin resistance measures positively predicted incident major depressive disorder among adults with no depression or anxiety disorder history, according to a study in American Journal of Psychiatry.

Waist circumference independently correlated with the risk for advanced fibrosis among patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a presenter at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting.

Waist circumference, as well as amounts of visceral fat and liver fat, were better predictors of diabetes development than HbA1c among Black adults with normal glucose levels, according to an analysis of data from the Jackson Heart Study.

Adults with elevated BMI or high variability in BMI over 20 years of adulthood have increased risk for poor cardiometabolic health, according to findings published in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases.

Elevated BMI and waist circumference were associated with elevated risk for atrial fibrillation, although the extent varied by sex, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Chinese adults are more likely to experience detrimental cardiometabolic effects from obesity compared with Black, Mexican American and white adults across a similar weight range, according to data from two large nationwide studies.

Adults with a high BMI have an increased risk for pituitary adenoma, with the risk even greater for those with a high BMI during early adulthood, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Determining diabetes risk among Chinese adults is not improved by assessing visceral fat area instead of waist-to-hip ratio or waist circumference, according to findings published in the Journal of Diabetes Investigation.