Obesity related parameters and cardiovascular diseases risk factors

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24590837
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public health/Health science
• Research Institution: National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: WATANABE MAKOTO 独立行政法人国立循環器病研究センター, 病院, 医長 (40343446)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIYAMOTO Yoshihiro 国立循環器病研究センター, 病院, 部長 (10312224) ; KOKUBO Yoshihiro 国立循環器病研究センター, 病院, 医長 (20393217)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: コホート研究 / 地域住民 / 肥満関連指標 / 循環器疾患 / 危険因子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Suita study, a prospective cohort study of the urban population of Japan, suggested the following three findings. First, waist height ratio (WHtR：WC (cm) divided by height (cm)) was useful for identifying individuals at higher risk for cardiovascular diseases, especially, in the middle-aged men and women. Second, additional increase in waist circumferences (WC) among those with relatively higher WC could lead to the elevated risks of type 2 diabetes.That is, prvention of abdominal obesity is important to reduce the incidence of diabetes. Third, all of following three obesity related parameters, BMI (weight (kg) divided by height (m) squared), WC, WHtR, could predict the incidence of hypertension, and no difference was observed in predictability between BMI and waist related parameters (WC, WHtR).

Free Research Field

疫学・公衆衛生学・糖尿病