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Body Mass Index Compared with Waist Circumference Indicators as a Predictor of Elevated Intraocular Pressure  

Park, Sang-Shin (Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A& M University)
Lee, Eun-Hee (Department of Visual Optics, Far East University)
Paek, Domyung (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
Cho, Sung-Il (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society / v.15, no.3, 2010 , pp. 293-297 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: The aim of the current study was to compare body mass index (BMI) with waist circumference (WC) as a predictor of elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). Methods: The subjects were consisted of 458 adults, aged 20 year or above, of one community in Kyunggi-do. Mean IOPs were stratified jointly for BMI and WC tertiles. Multi-variate linear regression analysis was also used to compare between BMI and WC. Results: Although any BMI tertiles were not associated with IOP within each tertile of WC, WC tertiles was significantly related to elevation of IOP within the third BMI tertile (${\geq}24.9kg/m^2$). After adjusting for age and sex, only WC showed significant association with IOP. In additional adjustment for lifestyle variables, both BMI and WC were significantly associated with elevation of IOP. However, the results showed the stronger association of IOP with WC than BMI, whether they were adjusted by age and sex or additionally lifestyle variables. Conclusions: These data showed that BMI and WC were positively associated with IOP. However, WC appeared to be a better indicator for higher IOP than BMI.
Keywords
Obesity; Waist circumference; Body mass index; Intraocular pressure; Glaucoma;
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