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Table 3 Cardiometabolic risk factors in relation with cutoff of points for waist circumference measured at the umbilical line

From: Waist circumference measures: cutoff analyses to detect obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in a Southeast Brazilian middle-aged men population - a cross-sectional study

 

Cutoff WCULa

p-valueb

Cutoff WCULa

p-valueb

 

< 88.8 cm (n = 120)

≥ 88.8 cm (n = 180)

< 93.4 cm (n = 173)

≥ 93.4 cm (n = 127)

Glucose (mg/dl)

85 (81–93)c

90 (85–97)

< 0.001

87 (82–93)

90 (85–97)

< 0.001

HOMA-IR

0.74 (0.52-1.05)

1.58 (1.09-2.22)

< 0.001

0.84 (0.61-1.17)

1.76 (1.23-2.49)

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

206.1 ± 38.0

220.0 ± 41.9

0.004

206.1 ± 36.4

225.7 ± 44.0

< 0.001

HDL-C (mg/dl)

48 (41–57)

43 (37–50)

< 0.001

46 (40–55)

42 (37–50)

0.004

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

90 (70–127)

136 (101–208)

< 0.001

99 (72–139)

143 (107–246)

< 0.001

Atherogenic index

4.15 (3.46-4.97)

4.93 (4.27-5.92)

< 0.001

4.37 (3.59-5.10)

5.05 (4.30-6.42)

< 0.001

Triglycerides/HDL-C

1.85 (1.36-2.74)

3.31 (2.11-4.90)

< 0.001

2.06 (1.52-3.31)

3.56 (2.35-5.79)

< 0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

122.1 ± 13.1

128.7 ± 13.6

< 0.001

129.3 ± 13.6

123.8 ± 13.5

0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

77.5 ± 9.0

83.4 ± 9.5

< 0.001

78.8 ± 9.2

84.1 ± 9.6

< 0.001

  1. WCUL: Waist circumference at the umbilical line; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; HOMA-IR: homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance; n: number of subjects.
  2. apercentage of body fat cutoff points suggested as for the best sensitivity and specificity relation (see Table 2).
  3. bp-values from Student t-test or Mann–Whitney test.
  4. cData are mean ± SD or median and interquartile range.