Associations between anthropometric indices, blood pressure and physical fitness performance in young Swiss men: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the benefit of waist circumference (WC) measurements during routine conscription medical examination in two military conscription centres in Switzerland. We compared the prevalence of overweight and obesity assessed by body mass index (BMI) with the prevalence of elevated disease risks assessed by WC and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). We investigated how these measures were associated with systolic blood pressure, physical fitness performance and socioeconomic determinants.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Two Swiss conscription centres in 2016.

Participants

1548 Swiss male conscripts, 18-22 years old.

Main outcome

Prevalences of elevated WC, WHtR and BMI values according to WHO categories. Secondary outcomes include systolic bl

SUBMITTER: Staub K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009476 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature