Methodological problem with comparing increases in different measures of body weight

Helen Walls; Anna Peeters; Haider Mannan; Christopher Stevenson

doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-145

Methodological problem with comparing increases in different measures of body weight

Helen Walls, Anna Peeters, Haider Mannan, Christopher Stevenson

Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Alfred Hospital

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Abstract

Abstract A number of studies have compared proportional increases over time in waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). However this method is flawed. Here, we explain why comparisons of WC and BMI must take into account the relationship between them. We used data from two cross-sectional US surveys (NHANES 1988-94 and 2005-06), and calculated the percentage change in the average BMI and the average WC between the two surveys, comparing the results with a regression analysis of changes in WC relative to BMI.

Original language	English
Article number	145
Number of pages	3
Journal	BMC Research Notes
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-145
Publication status	Published - 2011

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