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Body Roundness Index and Waist-to-Height Ratio are Strongly Associated With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Population-Based Study

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Motamed, Nima, Rabiee, Behnam, Hemasi, Gholam Reza, Ajdarkosh, Hossein, Khonsari, Mahmood Reza, Maadi, Mansooreh, Keyvani, Hossein, Zamani, Farhad·2016·Hepatitis Monthly

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BACKGROUND: A strong association between obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been reported. OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to evaluate if new obesity indices, including a body shape index (ABSI) and body roundness index (BRI), have stronger associations with NAFLD than waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we utilized the data of 4,872 participants aged 18 - 74 years from a cohort study conducted among 6,143 subjects in northern Iran. Logistic regression analysis was performed on NAFLD as the outcome and obesity measures (based on Z-score values) as potential predictors. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were conducted, in which NAFLD was considered as a reference variable and obesity measures as classification variables. The discriminatory ability of the obesity measures was reported based on area-under-the-curves, and the related cut-off points of BRI and WHtR were determined using the Youden index (YI). RESULTS: Based on our results, BRI (OR = 5.484 for men and OR = 3.482 for women) and WHtR (OR = 5.309 for men and OR = 3.854 for women) showed a higher association with NAFLD than ABSI (OR = 1.363 for men and OR = 1.003 for women) and WHR (OR = 3.123 for men and OR = 1.628 for women). The optimal cut-off points for BRI were 4.00 (sensitivity = 82.7%, specificity = 70.8%) for men and 5.00 (sensitivity = 83.3%, specificity = 71.7%) for women. The optimal cut-off points for WHtR were 0.533 (sensitivity = 82.7%, specificity = 70.8%) for men and 0.580 (sensitivity = 83.3%, specificity = 71.7%) for women. CONCLUSIONS: While BRI and WHtR have equally strong associations with NAFLD, ABSI and WHR have weaker associations with NAFLD than BRI and WHtR.

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Motamed, N., Rabiee, B., Hemasi, G. R., Ajdarkosh, H., Khonsari, M. R., Maadi, M., Keyvani, H., & Zamani, F.
Affiliations
  • Zanjan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
  • Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Corresponding author
Zamani, Farhad
Venue
Hepatitis Monthly
Publisher
Brieflands
Published
2016-08-14
Volume
16
Issue
9
Pages
e39575-e39575
ISSN
  • 1735-143X (ISSN-L)
  • 1735-3408
OpenAlex
W2517413134
Cited by
80
References
21
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2026: 9 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4
FWCI
3.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • Hepatitis Monthly (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
Keywords
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, body roundness index, waist-to-height ratio, body shape index, waist-to-hip ratio, obesity indices, obesity, anthropometric measures, cut-off values, sex differences

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