Another variable for obesity is abdominal adiposity
(men: ≥102 cm; women: ≥88 cm). Increased
abdominal fat was found to be positively associated
with metabolic disease risk, independent of overall
adiposity (Barreira et al., 2012). Similarly, a metaanalysis
reported statistical evidence supporting thesuperiority of measures of centralized obesity, over
BMI, for detecting cardiovascular risk factors in
both men and women (Lee, Huxley, Wildman, &
Woodward, 2008). Authors of a recent epidemiology
study found that a large WC was associated
with an increased mortality risk, independent of
BMI