Evaluation of Arterial Stiffness and Its Relation to Innovative Anthropometric Indices in Persian Adults

Background. BMI has been evaluated as an old criterion to evaluate obesity in individuals, but it does not assess abdominal obesity and lean mass. We aimed to evaluate the possible relationship of new anthropometric indices (namely, a body shape index (ABSI), the body roundness index (BRI), the visc...

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Published in:International journal of hypertension 2023-01, Vol.2023, p.2180923-11
Main Authors: Ataee, Zahra, Aghaee, Atena, Sobhani, Seyyed Reza, Ebrahimi Miandehi, Elaheh, Pirzadeh, Parisa, Alinezhad-Namaghi, Maryam, Eslami, Saeid, Sobhani, Sahar
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Adipose tissues
Analysis
Arteriosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Blood circulation disorders
Body mass index
Cardiovascular disease
Cohort analysis
Education
Ethnicity
Hypertension
Obesity
Overweight
Questionnaires
Smoking
Variables
Variance analysis
Womens health
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Summary:Background. BMI has been evaluated as an old criterion to evaluate obesity in individuals, but it does not assess abdominal obesity and lean mass. We aimed to evaluate the possible relationship of new anthropometric indices (namely, a body shape index (ABSI), the body roundness index (BRI), the visceral adiposity index (VAI), the visceral fat area (VFA), and waist-hip ratio (WHR)), with one of the known critical factors of atherosclerosis, arterial stiffness. Methods. Overall 5921 individuals were enrolled and were divided into four groups according to BMI. Novel anthropometric parameters including, ABSI, BRI, VAI, VFA, and WHR were calculated. The carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV) was used to evaluate arterial stiffness. Multiple regression analysis was performed to assess the relationship between cf-PWV and innovative Anthropometric indices. Results. This study population consisted of 3109 women and 2812 males. In men with overweight, cf-PWV was significantly related to BMI, ABSI, BRI, WC, VAI, VFA, and WHR. However, among men with obesity, cf-PWV was associated with BRI, VAI, and VFA. Among women with overweight, cf-PWV was also related to all mentioned indices except ABSI; although, cf-PWV was only associated with VFA and WHR in women with obesity. Conclusion. Our results showed that VFA in women and VAI in men are strongly related to arterial stiffness and can be used to identify predictors of vascular disease or organic vascular dysfunction.
ISSN:2090-0384
2090-0392
2090-0392
DOI:10.1155/2023/2180923