Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Endokrynol Pol. 2022;73(1):163-164. doi: 10.5603/EP.a2021.0108. Epub 2022 Feb 4.
Metabolic syndrome (MetS), which includes abdominal obesity, hypertension, hypertriglyceridaemia, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and elevated fasting plasma glucose, is now well understood. The prevalence of MetS is increasing all over the world. Central obesity is the main and the most common component of MetS. The most simple, practical, and frequently used tool for assessing body weight is body mass index. The aim of our study was to show the correlation between waist circumference (WC) and BMI in women with MetS depending on its components.
It was a study of 36-month duration (2016-2019) conducted in University Hospital No. 1 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. The study included 696 women with diagnosed MetS according to the 2009 International Diabetes Federation criteria.
In the study group, WC was found to be significantly correlated with BMI according to the arterial hypertension, T2DM, IFG, lower HDL-C, and higher TG level.
We should consider changing the WC guidelines for Europeans, but for this we need more prospective studies.
代谢综合征（MetS）包括腹部肥胖、高血压、高三酰甘油血症、低高密度脂蛋白胆固醇和空腹血糖升高，目前已被充分认识。代谢综合征的患病率在全球范围内呈上升趋势。中心性肥胖是 MetS 的主要且最常见的组成部分。评估体重的最简单、最实用和最常用的工具是体重指数。我们研究的目的是根据其组成部分，显示患有 MetS 的女性腰围（WC）和 BMI 之间的相关性。
这是一项为期 36 个月（2016-2019 年）的研究，在波兰比得哥什第一大学医院进行。该研究纳入了根据 2009 年国际糖尿病联合会标准诊断为 MetS 的 696 名女性。
在研究组中，根据动脉高血压、T2DM、IFG、较低的 HDL-C 和较高的 TG 水平，发现 WC 与 BMI 显著相关。
我们应该考虑改变欧洲人的 WC 指南，但为此我们需要更多的前瞻性研究。
