Abstract
Body fat percentage (BFP) and visceral fat level (VFL) was considered to be the anthropometric indices and equivalent to BMI, waist circumference , but there has not been much study on people had vegetarian diet. The objectives are to evaluate the BFP, VFL and to identify the relation of long-time vegetarian, risk factor and BFP, VFL on women had vegetarian diet. Method: 239 females (age 45-55 years) had vegetarian and 239 non-vegetarian women (age 45-55 years) were control group. Result: For vegetarian, there was 82.0% on the slightly high-high BFP, while the figure for slightly high-high VFL was 28,0%. The risk of increase BFP, VFL in vegetarian group compared to non- vegetarian women were 1.60 and 1.50 respectively. There were correlation between long-time vegetarian and BFP (r=0.437), and between long-time vegetarian and VFL (r=0.625). The time > 8 year was related elevating BFP and > 20 year was related raising VFL. In term of waist ≥80cm, there were related BFP>26.5% (Se: 90.5%, Sp: 72.8%) and VFL>9 (Se: 92.4%, Sp: 81.0%).