Dr. Eric Jacobs and his team of the Society of U.S. Oncology in Atlanta, examined the relationship between waist circumference and risk of death among 48 000 500 56 000 men and 343 women, with a predominance of people white.
The average age for men was 69 years and women 67. In total, 9000 men and 5000 315 332 women died between 1997 and 2006, and scored the causes of death.
The results:
The researchers found that the risk of death increases as increased the waist.
The risk increased significantly in men than in women were 110 and 95 or more inches in the waist area. But only in men and women with a large waist (120 cm in men and 110 women) at risk of dying was doubled.
Findings:
Those with waists extremely wide, a size equivalent to U.S. 20-22 in women, or men XXXXL, also have twice the risk of mortality.
They also found that the relationship between a larger waist and a higher risk of dying was higher in women in cases where they had a normal weight. Although more research is needed to clarify this point, since the causes remain unclear.
Dr David Haslam, National Obesity Forum in the UK said the research is important because “even if you have a big belly but a normal BMI scores with the same risk of dying before an obese person with a big belly.”
The immediate consequences:
The main cause of death in those where there was more relationship between mortality and waist size were respiratory problems, followed by cardiovascular diseases and cancer.