1. Body Mass Index, Sex, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Hispanic/Latino Adults: Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
by Robert C. Kaplan, M. Larissa Avilés-Santa, Christina M. Parrinello, David B. Hanna, Molly Jung, Sheila F. Castañeda, Arlene L. Hankinson, Carmen R. Isasi, Orit Birnbaum-Weitzman, Ryung S. Kim, Martha L. Daviglus, Gregory A. Talavera, Neil Schneiderman, and Jianwen Cai
J Am Heart Assoc
Volume 3(4):e000923
August 21, 2014
© 2014 Robert C. Kaplan et al.

2. Distribution of body mass index among men and women among participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).
Distribution of body mass index among men and women among participants in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL). Light gray bars represent N=6547 men. Dark gray bars represent N=9797 women. Among men, N (%) with normal weight N=1326 (22%), overweight N=2739 (41%), class I obesity N=1667 (25%), class II obesity N=516 (8%), and class III obesity N=248 (4%). Among women, N (%) with normal weight N=1865 (22%), overweight N=3377 (34%), class I obesity N=2552 (24%), class II obesity N=1192 (11%), and class III obesity N=732 (7%). Minimum and maximum body mass index values were 14.9 and 62.2 among women and 13.8 and 70.3 among men.
Robert C. Kaplan et al. J Am Heart Assoc 2014;3:e000923
© 2014 Robert C. Kaplan et al.

3. Age-adjusted prevalence by sex and body mass index category of cardiovascular disease risk factors: hypertension (A), diabetes (B), high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level (C), low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level ...
Age-adjusted prevalence by sex and body mass index category of cardiovascular disease risk factors: hypertension (A), diabetes (B), high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level (C), low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level (D), hypertriglyceridemia (E), and high C-reactive protein (CRP) level (F). Sex-specific age-adjusted prevalence of each CVD risk factor within groups defined by normal weight, BMI ≥18.5 and <25 kg/m2; overweight, BMI ≥25 and <30 kg/m2; class I obesity, BMI ≥30 and <35 kg/m2; and class II to III obesity, BMI ≥35 kg/m2. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure of ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure of ≥90 mm Hg, or use of antihypertensive medication. Diabetes was defined as fasting plasma glucose of ≥126 mg/dL, 2-hour postload glucose levels of ≥200 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c level of ≥6.5%, or use of antidiabetic medication. High LDL-C level was defined as (calculated) LDL-C of ≥160 mg/dL or statin use. Low HDL-C level was defined as <40 mg/dL in men and <50 mg/dL in women. Hypertriglyceridemia was defined as ≥200 mg/dL. High CRP was defined as 3 mg/L to 10 mg/L (individuals with CRP levels >10 mg/L were excluded from analyses). Test for linear trend across BMI categories was P<0.001 for all analyses except for LDL-C in women, which suggested neither linear (P=0.381) nor quadratic (P=0.644) trends across BMI category. BMI indicates body mass index.
Robert C. Kaplan et al. J Am Heart Assoc 2014;3:e000923
© 2014 Robert C. Kaplan et al.

4. Prevalence by age and body mass index category of cardiovascular disease risk factors: hypertension (upper left); diabetes (upper middle); high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level (upper right); low high-density lipoprotein cholester...
Prevalence by age and body mass index category of cardiovascular disease risk factors: hypertension (upper left); diabetes (upper middle); high low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) level (upper right); low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level (lower left); hypertriglyceridemia (lower middle); high C-reactive protein (CRP) level (lower right). Smoothed curves display the age- and sex-specific prevalence of each CVD risk factor within groups defined by normal weight, BMI ≥18.5 and <25 kg/m2; overweight, BMI ≥25 and <30 kg/m2; class I obesity, BMI ≥30 and <35 kg/m2; and class II to III obesity, BMI ≥35 kg/m2. Black curves represent males and red curves represent females. Hypertension was defined as systolic blood pressure of ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure of ≥90 mm Hg, or use of antihypertensive medication. Diabetes was defined as fasting plasma glucose of ≥126 mg/dL, 2-hour postload glucose levels of ≥200 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c level of ≥6.5%, or use of antidiabetic medication. High LDL-C level was defined as (calculated) LDL-C of ≥160 mg/dL or statin use. Low HDL-C level was defined as <40 mg/dL in men and <50 mg/dL in women. Hypertriglyceridemia was defined as ≥200 mg/dL. High CRP was defined as 3 to 10 mg/L (individuals with CRP levels >10 mg/L were excluded from analyses). Smoothed curves were drawn by using local polynomials estimation using the svysmooth procedure with a bandwidth of 20 in the R statistical program. BMI indicates body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease.
Robert C. Kaplan et al. J Am Heart Assoc 2014;3:e000923
© 2014 Robert C. Kaplan et al.