Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Visceral adiposity is shown to be associated with cardiovascular disease. Aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of visceral fat percentage (VF%) and body fat percentage (BF%), compared to anthropometric parameters, BMI waist circumference (WC), and waist – hip ratio(WHR) in predicting obesity and cardiovascular risk.Method: A descriptive cross sectional study conducted within five health divisions in Colombo district in Sri ...