Comparison of Obesity Indices in Predicting Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, and High Blood Pressure among Adults in Kalimantan, Indonesia

Ayunina Rizky Ferdina, Wulan Sari Rasna Giri Sembiring

2021

Abstract

There has been evolving evidence that waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) may be a better obesity index compared to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC). We would like to compare the performance of those indices in identifying the risk of several chronic diseases among the adult population in Kalimantan, Indonesia. This is a cross-sectional study using data from the latest Basic Health Research (Riskesdas). Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to investigate the odds ratios (OR) relating three obesity indices (BMI, WC, and WtHR) to diabetes mellitus (DM), heart disease, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and high blood pressure (HBP). High WtHR (>0.5) was found to have significant relationships with the aforementioned diseases. Among the investigated indices, high WtHR had the highest OR in relation to DM (3.365; 95% CI 2.707-4.182), CKD (1.935; 95% CI 1.309-2.861), and HBP (2.008; 95% CI 1.866-2.160). Its OR for heart disease (1.549; 95% CI 1.247-1924) was just slightly lower than the OR of high WC (1.589; 95% CI 1.277-1.979). Meanwhile, BMI was significant only for DM and HBP. High BMI consistently showed the lowest OR values among the three indices. These results suggest that chronic diseases can be predicted better by the measurement of WtHR.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ferdina A. and Sembiring W. (2021). Comparison of Obesity Indices in Predicting Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, and High Blood Pressure among Adults in Kalimantan, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH, ISBN 978-989-758-542-5, pages 100-105. DOI: 10.5220/0010759900003235

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsdh21,
author={Ayunina Rizky Ferdina and Wulan Sari Rasna Giri Sembiring},
title={Comparison of Obesity Indices in Predicting Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, and High Blood Pressure among Adults in Kalimantan, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,},
year={2021},
pages={100-105},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010759900003235},
isbn={978-989-758-542-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Social Determinants of Health - Volume 1: ICSDH,
TI - Comparison of Obesity Indices in Predicting Diabetes Mellitus, Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, and High Blood Pressure among Adults in Kalimantan, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-542-5
AU - Ferdina A.
AU - Sembiring W.
PY - 2021
SP - 100
EP - 105
DO - 10.5220/0010759900003235