TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stein, Michael J
AU  - Fischer, Beate
AU  - Bohmann, Patricia
AU  - Ahrens, Wolfgang
AU  - Berger, Klaus
AU  - Brenner, Hermann
AU  - Günther, Kathrin
AU  - Harth, Volker
AU  - Heise, Jana-Kristin
AU  - Karch, André
AU  - Klett-Tammen, Carolina J
AU  - Koch-Gallenkamp, Lena
AU  - Krist, Lilian
AU  - Lieb, Wolfgang
AU  - Meinke-Franze, Claudia
AU  - Michels, Karin B
AU  - Mikolajczyk, Rafael
AU  - Nimptsch, Katharina
AU  - Obi, Nadia
AU  - Peters, Annette
AU  - Pischon, Tobias
AU  - Schipf, Sabine
AU  - Schmidt, Börge
AU  - Stang, Andreas
AU  - Thierry, Sigrid
AU  - Willich, Stefan N
AU  - Wirkner, Kerstin
AU  - Leitzmann, Michael F
AU  - Sedlmeier, Anja M
TI  - Differences in Anthropometric Measures Based on Sex, Age, and Health Status.
JO  - Deutsches Ärzteblatt international
VL  - 121
IS  - 7
SN  - 1866-0452
CY  - Köln
PB  - Dt. Ärzte-Verl.
M1  - DKFZ-2024-01259
SP  - 207-213
PY  - 2024
AB  - Obesity is a worldwide health problem. We conducted detailed analyses of anthropometric measures in a comprehensive, population-based, current cohort in Germany.In the German National Cohort (NAKO), we analyzed cross-sectional data on body mass index (BMI), waist and hip circumference, subcutaneous (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) as measured by ultrasound, and body fat percentage. The data were stratified by sex, age, and self-reported physicians' diagnoses of cardiovascular diseases (CVD), metabolic diseases (MetD), cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), and cancer.Data were available from 204 751 participants (age, 49.9 ± 12.8 years; 50.5
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Female
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Germany: epidemiology
KW  - Anthropometry: methods
KW  - Adult
KW  - Body Mass Index
KW  - Health Status
KW  - Obesity: epidemiology
KW  - Sex Distribution
KW  - Age Distribution
KW  - Cardiovascular Diseases: epidemiology
KW  - Aged
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:38377337
DO  - DOI:10.3238/arztebl.m2024.0016
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/291026
ER  -