Waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and overweight cut-off points: a cross-sectional study with elderly people in seven Brazilian cities, 2008-2009

Autor(es)

de Assumpcao, Daniela ^[1] ; Ferraz, Rosemeire de Olanda ^[1] ; Arbex Borim, Flavia Silva ^[1] ; Neri, Anita Liberalesso ^[1] ; Stolses Bergamo Francisco, Priscila Maria ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Fac Ciencias Med, Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SERVICOS DE SAUDE; v. 29, n. 4 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Objective: to identify cut-off points for waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) with better sensitivity, specificity and accuracy to distinguish overweight elderly people by sex, using three body mass index criteria as anthropometric references. Methods: this was a cross-sectional study that analyzed weight, height and WC measurements of 3,477 elderly people (2008-2009); receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to define the cut-off points. Results: WC cutoff points were 86.5cm, 88.7cm and 91.5cm in women, and 93.0cm, 96.0cm and 97.5cm in men, according to World Health Organization/WHO, Nutrition Screening Initiative/NSI and Pan American Health Organization/PAHO criteria, respectively; WHtR cut-off points corresponded to 0.57, 0.58, 0.59 in the female sex, and 0.56, 0.58 and 0.59 in the male sex; highest absolute overall accuracy values: PAHO (men) and WHO (women). Conclusion: WC and WHtR cut-off points were similar, regardless of the BMI criterion adopted. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 17/23245-0 - Estudo de seguimento da coorte de Campinas e de Ermelino Matarazzo do estudo FIBRA: preditores e desfechos da fragilidade em idosos no Brasil
• Beneficiário: Flávia Silva Arbex Borim
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado