Title: ESTIMATION OF THEORETICAL ABDOMINAL GIRTH AND ESTABLISHMENT OF ABDOMINAL GIRTH INDEX IN CHINESE
Abstract: Objective To explore standard abdominal girth and establish abdominal girth index(AGI).MethodsThe university students,whose body mass indices(BMI)limited between 20-22.5,were selected as normal somatotype group and the body heights,body weights and abdominal girths were measured. The regression model of normal abdominal girth was established. The AGIs from random university students,overweight university students(BMI﹥24)and the aged(age﹥70)were calculated.ResultsAGI was equal to the observed abdominal girth(cm)/0.54×body height(kg)+41.7. The AGI was 0.997±0.054 and BMI was 21.202±3.026 in random university students;the AGI was 1.195±0.091 and BMI was 25.846±3.703 in the aged;the AGI and BMI were significantly different between two groups(P﹤0.05)and then t value of AGI was higher than that of BMI(22.752 vs 10.741). AGI in the aged increased significantly,compared with overweight university students,whose BMI was similar to the aged(P﹤0.05).ConclusionAGI may be a sensitive parameter for the judgment of central obesity.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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