Anthropometric Indicators of Adiposity Related to Body Weight and Body Shape as Cardiometabolic Risk Predictors in British Young Adults: Superiority of Waist-to-Height Ratio
Table 4
Multivariate-adjusted odds ratio (and 95% confidence intervals) for cardiometabolic risk associated with proxy indicators of anthropometric adiposity.1
MetS
value2
At least two risk factors
value2
At least one risk factor
value2
Crude model
Body fat percent
7.47 (3.44, 16.22)
<0.0001
2.25 (1.42, 3.54)
<0.0001
1.96 (1.33, 2.89)
0.001
BMI
10.50 (4.51, 24.43)
<0.0001
2.62 (1.66, 4.14)
<0.0001
2.36 (1.59, 3.51)
<0.0001
New BMI
9.23 (4.12, 20.66)
<0.0001
2.87 (1.82, 4.54)
<0.0001
2.71 (1.81, 4.07)
<0.0001
CUN-BAE
12.81 (3.88, 42.24)
<0.0001
1.82 (1.15, 2.87)
0.010
1.92 (1.34, 2.74)
<0.0001
WC
32.40 (14.62, 71.80)
<0.0001
2.85 (1.60, 5.08)
<0.0001
3.21 (1.69, 6.07)
<0.0001
WHR
16.49 (3.92, 69.31)
<0.0001
2.05 (1.28, 3.30)
0.003
1.43 (1.00, 2.04)
0.048
WHtR
26.32 (9.14, 75.78)
<0.0001
2.98 (1.87, 4.73)
<0.0001
2.92 (1.90, 4.49)
<0.0001
BAI
9.32 (3.26, 26.71)
<0.0001
1.80 (1.14, 2.85)
0.011
1.79 (1.26, 2.56)
0.001
ABSI
0.25 (0.11, 0.56)
0.001
0.71 (0.45, 1.11)
0.137
0.72 (0.50, 1.02)
0.066
Adjusted model
Body fat percent
5.33 (2.36, 12.07)
<0.0001
1.90 (1.16, 3.14)
0.011
1.89 (1.24, 2.89)
0.003
BMI
7.99 (3.15, 20.32)
<0.0001
2.19 (1.27, 3.78)
0.005
2.54 (1.58, 4.07)
<0.0001
New BMI
6.60 (2.73, 15.95)
<0.0001
2.37 (1.39, 4.05)
0.002
2.96 (1.84, 4.75)
<0.0001
CUN-BAE
9.02 (2.57, 31.73)
0.001
1.37 (0.79, 2.35)
0.258
1.88 (1.22, 2.90)
0.004
WC
58.04 (18.30, 184.10)
<0.0001
2.65 (1.38, 5.09)
0.003
2.96 (1.50, 5.86)
0.002
WHR
16.26 (3.77, 70.12)
<0.0001
1.83 (1.09, 3.06)
0.021
1.45 (0.98, 2.15)
0.061
WHtR
20.88 (7.00, 62.29)
<0.0001
2.55 (1.53, 4.24)
<0.0001
3.07 (1.91, 4.91)
<0.0001
BAI
6.91 (2.37, 20.16)
<0.0001
1.62 (1.00, 2.63)
0.050
1.77 (1.22, 2.58)
0.003
ABSI
0.41 (0.17, 1.01)
0.052
0.99 (0.58, 1.67)
0.961
0.83 (0.55, 1.25)
0.374
1Using logistic regression; 2derived from a Mantel–Haenszel extension chi-square test.
