Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
25th European Congress on Obesity, Vienna, Austria, May 23-26, 2018, Vienna, Avusturya, 23 - 25 Mayıs 2018, ss.338
Introduction: Physical inactivity has been identified as one of the leading
preventable causes of mortality due to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes,
colon and breast cancer and depression. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is
a proxy for central (visceral) adipose tissue. It also received attention as a
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marker of early health risk. This study was planned to determine physical
activity status according to waist to height ratio classification.
Methods: This study was conducted among 980 individuals (365 males
and 615 females). Physical activity status was evaluated using IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form). Metabolic Equivalent Task (MET) was calculated by IPAQ evaluation. Physical activity was
classified in three categories as low, moderate, high. Body waist and height
were measured and waist to height ratio (WHtR) was calculated. Beside
actual waist to height ratio (WHtR) of individuals were assessed according to Ashwell classification as ‘no increased risk’ (WHtR <0.5), ‘increased
risk’ (WHtR ≥0.5 and ‘very high risk’ (WHtR ≥0.6).
Results:
Tab. 1. Physical activity status according to waist to height ratio classification
Waist/heigt ratio classification
No increased
risk (<0.5)
Increased
risk (0.5–0.6)
Very high
risk (≥0.6) Total
Physical activity n % n % n % n %
Male Low 19 79.2 4 16.7 1 4.2 24 100.0
χ2:6.28
p:0.179 (n:365) Moderate 126 55.8 85 37.6 15 6.6 226 100.0
High 67 58.3 44 38.3 4 3.5 115 100.0
Female Low 30 71.4 11 26.2 1 2.4 42 100.0
χ2:2.73
p:0.603 (n:615) Moderate 320 69.4 111 24.1 30 6.5 461 100.0
High 83 74.1 25 22.3 4 3.6 112 100.0
Males and females who had low level physical activity had no increased
health risk according to WHtR (79.2% and 71.4% respectively). 6.6% of
males and 6.5% of females had very high risk and low level physical activity. While physical activity was high level both males and females, only
3.5%of males and 3.6% of females had very high health risk according to
waist to height ratio. There was no significant association of physical activity with waist circumference or waist to hip ratio in both gender (p > 0.05).
Conclusion: Any anthropometric measure isn’t sufficient in identifying
people at ‘early health risk .Further studies must be investigated a lot of risk
factors such as sex, age, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and family history