Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity for the identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2014 Mar;103(3):e14-7. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.12.050. Epub 2014 Jan 8.

Abstract

Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) was obtained in 65 adolescents referred for assessment of cardiometabolic risk. We found that SAD was associated with cardiometabolic risk factors independent of BMI in males, but that SAD was not superior to BMI or other measures of abdominal adiposity for the detection of metabolic syndrome.

Keywords: Body mass index; Metabolic syndrome; Sagittal abdominal diameter; Waist circumference.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Fat / pathology*
  • Adiposity*
  • Adolescent
  • Anthropometry*
  • Body Mass Index
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / etiology
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metabolic Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Metabolic Syndrome / etiology
  • Obesity, Abdominal / diagnosis*
  • Risk Factors