Waist Circumference, BMI, and Visceral Adipose Tissue in White Women and Women of African Descent

Although waist circumference (WC) is a marker of visceral adipose tissue (VAT), WC cut-points are based on BMI category. We compared WC-BMI and WC-VAT relationships in blacks and whites. Combining data from five studies, BMI and WC were measured in 1,409 premenopausal women (148 white South Africans, 607 African-Americans, 186 black South Africans, 445 West Africans, 23 black Africans living in United States). In three of five studies,...