Different Anthropometric Adiposity Measures and their Association with cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors C7 in Middle Aged Women.

Abstract

A cross sectional study of 136 women age group40-55 years was conducted to study which anthropometric measure had the strongest association with cardiovascular disease risk factors in middle aged women. In accordance with their BMI measurement subjects were divided into three groups namely:Normal weight (Group1) BMI 18.5-24.9 kg/m2, Overweight (Group2) – 25 kg/m2 – 29.9 kg/m2, Obese (Group3) – BMI > 30 kg/ m2. Each group was further divided into premenopausal and postmenopausal women BMI, WHR, WHtR, SBP, DBP were recorded. TG, TC, HDL and FBS values were estimated