Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity for the identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) was obtained in 65 adolescents referred for assessment of cardiometabolic risk. We found that SAD was associated with cardiometabolic risk factors independent of BMI in males, but that SAD was not superior to BMI or other measures of abdominal adiposity for the detection of metabolic syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Weber DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4384445 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature