Ischemic Heart Disease Incidence and Indices of Body-fat Distribution

Obesity Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00005255
• Other study ID #: 1137
• Secondary ID: R01HL040844
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 25, 2000
• Last updated: February 17, 2016
• Start date: May 1990
• Est. completion date: April 1995

Study information

• Verified date: May 2000
• Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine the association between ischemic heart disease incidence and anthropometric indices of body-fat distribution.

Description:

BACKGROUND:

Previous studies have demonstrated that abdominal obesity can be predictive of ischemic heart disease. These prospective cohort studies employed simple indices of body-fat distribution such as waist-to-hip circumference ratio or subscapular skinfold. Their similar results suggested that increased abdominal obesity conferred a two-fold increased risk of ischemic heart disease among middle-aged men. The two proposed studies permitted testing of alternative fat-distribution indices which might be stronger risk factors for ischemic heart disease incidence than the waist-to-hip-ratio or the subscapular skinfold.

DESIGN NARRATIVE:

Two parallel case-control studies were conducted. In both studies, subjects were measured for girth, skinfold, abdominal sagittal diameter, height, and weight. Analyses for both protocols considered men and women separately. Possible confounders of the association between fat-distribution indices and ischemic heart disease were considered and if required, adjusted for in multivariate analyses. Possible confounders included race, age, tobacco use, alcohol use, diabetes, social class, hypertension, cholesterol levels, and physical activity levels.

The study completion date listed in this record was obtained from the "End Date" entered in the Protocol Registration and Results System (PRS) record.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: April 1995
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: N/A to 100 Years
• Eligibility: No eligibility criteria

Study Design

N/A

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Coronary Disease
• Heart Diseases
• Myocardial Ischemia
• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

References & Publications (5)

Kahn HS, Austin H, Williamson DF, Arensberg D. Simple anthropometric indices associated with ischemic heart disease. J Clin Epidemiol. 1996 Sep;49(9):1017-24. — View Citation

Kahn HS, Simoes EJ, Koponen M, Hanzlick R. The abdominal diameter index and sudden coronary death in men. Am J Cardiol. 1996 Oct 15;78(8):961-4. — View Citation

Kahn HS, Williamson DF. Abdominal obesity and mortality risk among men in nineteenth-century North America. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1994 Oct;18(10):686-91. — View Citation

Kahn HS. Choosing an index for abdominal obesity: an opportunity for epidemiologic clarification. J Clin Epidemiol. 1993 May;46(5):491-4. — View Citation

Kahn HS. The accumulation of visceral adipose tissue may be influenced by intra-abdominal temperature. Obes Res. 1996 May;4(3):297-9. — View Citation