Author/Authors :
Shahraki, T. zahedan university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Paediatrics, زاهدان, ايران , Shahraki, M. zahedan university of medical sciences - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Nutrition Research Centre for Child and Adolescent Health, زاهدان, ايران , Roudbari, M. iran university of medical sciences - School of Management and Medical Information - Department of Statistics Mathematics, تهران, ايران
Abstract :
We carried out a clinical cross-sectional study on 728 overweight and obese women aged20–60 years during July 2005–May 2006 in Sistan and Baluchestan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Bodymass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) showed significant correlation with total cholesterol(TC), triglycerides (TG) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. After adjustment for age and BMI, thiswas also true for WC with TC and TG. There was no such correlation between waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)and lipid profile. Hence, WC was a better anthropometric index of fat location than WHR to estimatelipid profile in overweight and obese adult women.
