PMID- 23285442
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130104
LR  - 20231105
IS  - 2249-782X (Print)
IS  - 0973-709X (Electronic)
IS  - 0973-709X (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 9
DP  - 2012 Nov
TI  - The waist circumference measurement: a simple method for assessing the abdominal 
      obesity.
PG  - 1510-3
LID - 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4379.2545 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Excess abdominal fat is an independent predictor of the risk 
      factors and the morbidity of obesity related diseases such as type 2 diabetes, 
      hypertension, dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular diseases. The Waist Circumference 
      (WC) is positively correlated with the abdominal fat. Hence, the waist 
      circumference is a valuable, convenient and a simple measurement method which can 
      be used for identifying the individuals who are at an increased risk for the 
      above mentioned diseases. OBJECTIVES: To assess the abdominal obesity by 
      measuring the waist circumference among the women who were aged 20 years and 
      above in an urban slum of Chennai, India.To identify the socio -demographic 
      factors which were associated with the abdominal obesity in the above study 
      population. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: A community based and a cross sectional study 
      was carried out in an urban slum of Chennai, India. METHODS AND MATERIALS: The 
      present study was undertaken in an urban slum of Chennai city, among the women 
      who were aged 20 years and above. One slum was selected randomly and the 
      households in the slum were sampled by a systematic random sampling method. A 
      pre-designed and a pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the information 
      regarding the socio-demographic profile of the women. Their waist circumference 
      was measured by using a flexible inch tape. As per the World Health Organization 
      (WHO), the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and the International 
      Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO)(2000), the following cut off values 
      for the waist circumference were used to assess the abdominal obesity for women: 
      WC<80cms - normal and WC >/= 80cms-abdominal obesity. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: It was 
      done by using the Statistical Package For Social Science (SPSS ), version 11.5. 
      The prevalence was expressed in percentage and the Chi square test was used to 
      find its association with the factors. RESULTS: In the study population, the 
      prevalence of abdominal obesity (WC >/= 80 cms) was 29.8% (95% Confidence Interval 
      [CI] 25.9-34 %). A significant association was found between the age, religion, a 
      higher socio-economic status and the abdominal obesity. No significant 
      association was noted between the educational status, occupation, marital status, 
      type of family and the abdominal obesity. CONCLUSION: Abdominal obesity among the 
      urban slum women is on the rise. The abdominal obesity was found to be 
      significantly higher among the slum women with increasing age and in those who 
      belonged to the muslim religion and to a higher socio-economic status.
FAU - R, Anuradha
AU  - R A
AD  - Assistant Professor, Saveetha Medical College, Thandalam, Kanchipuram District, 
      Tamilnadu, India.
FAU - S, Hemachandran
AU  - S H
FAU - Ruma, Dutta
AU  - Ruma D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - J Clin Diagn Res
JT  - Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR
JID - 101488993
PMC - PMC3527782
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Abdominal Obesity
OT  - Waist circumference
OT  - slum women
EDAT- 2013/01/04 06:00
MHDA- 2013/01/04 06:01
PMCR- 2013/01/01
CRDT- 2013/01/04 06:00
PHST- 2012/04/05 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/08/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/01/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/04 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4379.2545 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Clin Diagn Res. 2012 Nov;6(9):1510-3. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4379.2545.