Adult—waist circumference risk indicator, Caucasian adult code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Waist circumference risk indicator - adults |
METEOR identifier: | 270205 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | The sex specific category of risk of metabolic complications associated with excess abdominal adiposity in adult Caucasians, as represented by a code. |
Data element concept attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Data element concept: | Adult—waist circumference risk indicator |
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METEOR identifier: | 269670 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
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. |
Object class: | Adult |
Property: | Waist circumference risk indicator |
Value domain attributes | |
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Value domain: | Waist circumference risk indicator for a Caucasian adult code N |
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METEOR identifier: | 270774 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 01/03/2005 |
Definition: | A code set representing the risk of metabolic complications associated with excess abdominal adiposity in Caucasian adults. |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This metadata item cannot be determined if waist circumference measured has not been collected (i.e. is coded to 999.9) and/or sex is not stated (i.e. coded to 9). This metadata item applies to persons aged 18 years or older. |
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Collection methods: | This metadata item should be derived after the data entry of waist circumference measured. It should be stored on the raw data set as a continuous variable and should not be aggregated or rounded. |
Comments: | This metadata item is recommended for use in population surveys and health care settings. Recent evidence suggests that waist circumference may provide a more practical correlate of abdominal fat distribution and associated ill health. The identification of risk using waist circumference is population-specific and will depend on levels of obesity and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease and non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Populations differ in the level of risk associated with a particular waist circumference, so that globally applicable cut-off points cannot be developed. For example, complications associated with abdominal fat in black women and those of South Asian descent are markedly higher for a given level of BMI than in Europeans. Also, although women have almost the same absolute risk of coronary heart disease as men at the same WHR, they show increases in relative risk of coronary heart disease at lower waist circumferences than men. Thus, there is a need to develop sex-specific waist circumference cut-off points appropriate for different populations. Hence, the cut-off points used for this metadata item are associated with obesity in Caucasians. This issue is being investigated further. Cut-off points for children and adolescents are also being developed. Research shows that a high childhood BMI and high trunk skin fold values are predictive of abdominal obesity as an adult and waist circumference measures in childhood track well into adulthood. It is recommended that in population surveys, sociodemographic data including ethnicity should be collected, as well as other risk factors including physiological status (e.g. pregnancy), physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption. Summary statistics may need to be adjusted for these variables. National health metadata item currently exist for sex, date of birth, country of birth and Indigenous status and smoking. Metadata items are being developed for physical activity. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Origin: | World Health Organization |
Reference documents: | Obesity: Preventing and Managing the Global Epidemic: Report of a World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Committee. Geneva: WHO, 2000 as described by Han TS et al (1995) |
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Related metadata references: | Is re-engineered from Waist circumference risk indicator - adults, version 1, Derived DE, NHDD, NHIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (20.5 KB) No registration status |