Waist circumference: a better index of fat location than WHR for predicting lipid profile in overweight/obese Iranian women

摘要

We carried out a clinical cross-sectional study on 728 overweight and obese women aged 20–60 years during July 2005–May 2006 in Sistan and Baluchestan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Body mass 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, this was 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 estimate lipid profile in overweight and obese adult women.