Excessive waist circumference has been known to increase risk of cardiovascular disease. However, from recent studies also found excess waist circumference also increases the risk of TIA and stroke.
Dr. Tobias from Saxon Hospital recommends that physicians measure waist circumference and waist-hip ratio using (which was created by WHO) to assess the risk of stroke.
Also emphasized the importance of assessing overall vascular risk profile, the point to minimize or modify the factors that affect coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral arterial disease.
The research team is evaluating the role of obesity and abdominal fat mass to the risk of stroke / TIA in 378 adults with a history of stroke / TIA and 758 subjects as controls. In the adjusted analysis, several markers of abdominal obesity are strongly associated with risk of stroke / TIA. For example: someone with waist-hip ratio had the highest risk of 7.69 times more to suffer from the incident, compared with patients who have the smallest ratio.
If the waist-hip ratio> 0.97 in men, and> 0.85 in women, they have 8 times more risk to the risk of stroke, when compared to someone else with a ratio <0.92 in men, and <0.78 in women. waist circumference was also strongly associated with stroke / TIA. If waist circumference> 40.2 inches for men and> 34.6 inches for women, the risk of stroke increased by 4 times.
This study also showed that waist-height ratio (waist circumference divided by height) can also be used to assess the risk of stroke and TIA, which is comparable to the size of waist circumference. However, further research is still required to ensure where the best markers in predicting the risk of cerebrovascular specific or total.
This study also shows that markers of abdominal adiposity was the best predictor for stroke / TIA than BMI. By using different statistical calculations, confirmed that the waist-hip ratio seems to be a risk of stroke/TIA.
(Source: Info-Sehat)
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