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Metadata item type:![]() | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier:![]() | 269670 |
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Definition:![]() | An indicator of the sex specific category of risk of metabolic complications associated with excess abdominal adiposity in an adult. |
Context:![]() | Public health and health care: This metadata item is used as an indicator of risk of metabolic complications associated with overweight and obesity including dyslipidaemia, glucose intolerance and hypertension. On a population basis there is a strong association between abdominal obesity and health risk. Body fat distribution has emerged as an important predictor of obesity-related morbidity and mortality. Abdominal obesity, which is more common in men than women, has, in epidemiological studies, been closely associated with conditions such as coronary heart disease, stroke, non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and high blood pressure. Waist circumference as an indicator of risk can be used:
Waist circumference is a convenient and simple measurement that is unrelated to height, correlates closely with body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and is an approximate index of intra-abdominal fat mass and total body fat. Changes in waist circumference can reflect changes in risk factors for cardiovascular disease and other forms of chronic disease, even though the risks seem to vary in different populations. |
Adult—waist circumference risk indicator
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Object class: | Adult |
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Definition:![]() | An individual aged 18 years or older. |
Specialisation of:![]() | Person/group of persons |
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Submitting organisation:![]() | Australia Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Property: | Waist circumference risk indicator |
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Definition:![]() | An indicator of the level of the risk of metabolic complications associated with excess abdominal adiposity. |
Property group:![]() | Physical wellbeing |
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:![]() | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept:![]() | Adult—waist circumference risk indicator, Caucasian adult code N
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