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Endocrine Abstracts (2015) 38 P286 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.38.P286

SFEBES2015 Poster Presentations Obesity, diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular (108 abstracts)

Relationship between three indices of central obesity and fasting plasma glucose

Taiwo Raimi 1 , Adesina Odewabi 2 , Olatunde Odusan 2 & Olufemi Fasanmade 3


1Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria; 2Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria; 3Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria.


Objectives: Obesity is a risk factor for Type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study evaluated the relationship between central obesity and fasting plasma glucose (FPG).

Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study involving five hundred and twenty one (521) adult participants (134 males and 387 females) of a community health survey in Sagamu, Isara and Ode-Remo, Nigeria. The waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) of the participants were determined. Central obesity was defined as (1) WC ≧94 and ≧80 cm in men and women respectively; (2) WHR ≧0.90 and ≧0.85 in men and women respectively; (3) WHtR ≧0.50 in both men and women. FBG was measured in the morning after an overnight fast and was determined by the glucose oxidase method. Data were analysed with SPSS version 20.

Results: Compared with men, women were significantly older (50.1±15.3 years vs 44.2±16.9 years, P<0.001), and had higher mean WC (84.6±15.2 cm vs 79.2±12.4 cm, P<0.001), WHR (0.88±0.09 vs 0.91±0.61 P<0.01) and WHtR (0.54±0.09 vs 0.48±0.07, P<0.001). There was no significant difference in the mean FPG in men (83.25±16.54 mg%) and women (84.13±22.29 mg %), P>0.05. In men, there was a positive but weak correlation between FPG and central obesity (WC, 0.333, P<0.001; WHR, 0.180, P=0.038; WHtR, 0.282, P=0.001). There was insignificant correlation between FPG and central obesity in women. The mean FPG of obese men were significantly higher than those who were not obese (94.62±25.86 mg% vs 81.14±13.29 mg%, P<0.05 with WC; 86.56±20.09 mg% vs 80.04±11.42 mg%, P<0.05 with WHR; 89.23±20.34 mg% vs 79.92±12.92 mg%, P< 0.01 with WHtR). The mean FPG of obese women was insignificantly higher than those who were not obese.

Conclusions: There was positive correlation between central obesity and FPG. Men with central obesity had higher FPG compared with men who were not obese.

Volume 38

Society for Endocrinology BES 2015

Edinburgh, UK
02 Nov 2015 - 04 Nov 2015

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