Abstract
Objectives: To evaluate relationships between sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) and classical anthropometric indices (BMI, waist circumference - WC) and some other biological indicators in patients with newly detected type 2 diabetes at the National Hospital of Endocrinology. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 136 patients with newly detected type 2 diabetes. Anthropometric indices (SAD, BMI, WC). blood pressure and plasma lipids were measured. The relationships between the SAD and the other were analyzed. Results: The men made up 55.1%, the women 44.9%, and mean age was 51.2 ± 11.9 year old. The mean SAD was 20.9 ± 1.7 cm in the men, higher than that in the women 19.7 ± 1.8 cm, p < 0.001 SAD had weak but significant correlation with serum total cholesterol and the only anthropometric index statistically significantly correlated to serum triglyceride with r of 0.193 (p < 0.05). SAD was strongly correlated to WC ( r = 0.585 . p<0,001 in the women; r = 0.698, p < 0.001 in the men) and to BMI ( r = 0.317 , p < 0.001 in the women and r = 0.556, p < 0.001 in the men). The correlation was stronger for WC than BMI and stronger for the men than the women. Conclusions: There is a strong correlation between SAD and anthropometric indices of BMI, waist circumference, and weak correlation with serum cholesterol and triglyceride.