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. 2023 Jun 30;10:1170450. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1170450

Table 1.

Formulas to calculate traditional and novel anthropometric indices and cut-off considered in this study.

Anthropometric indices Formula Cut-off
Traditional anthropometric indices
BMI weight (kg)/height2 (m) 30 ≥ kg/m2
WHR WC (cm)/HC (cm) > 0.85 women; > 0.94 men
WHtR WC (cm)/height (cm) > 0.5
Novel anthropometric indices
ABSI WC (m)/(BMI2/3(kg/m2) · Height1/2 (m)) ≥0.00866a
AVI (2 · WC2 (cm) + 0.7(WC – HC)2 (cm)/1000 ≥23.89 a
BAI BAI = [HC (m)/Height2/3(m)] – 18 ≥ 36.40 a
BRI 364.2–365.5 [1- π−2 WC2 (m) · Height−2 (m)]1/2 ≥ 6.96 a
CI 0.109−1 WC (m) [Weight (kg)/Height (m)]−1/2 ≥ 1.39 a
CUN-BAE (3.1723 · BMI) – (0.026 · BMI2) + (0.181· BMI · sex) – (0.02 · BMI · age) – (0.005 · BMI2 · sex) + (0.00021 · BMI2 · age) ≥ 41.70 a
WWI WC/weight ≥ 11.92 a
a

Due to the non-existence of cutoff points for the new anthropometric indices, the highest quartile values were considered.

ABSI, a body shape index; AVI, abdominal volume index; BAI, body adiposity index; BMI, body mass index; BRI, body roundness index; CI, conicity index; CUN-BAE, Clínica Universidad de Navarra-Body Adiposity Estimator; HC: Hip circumference; WC: Waist circumference; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; WHtR, waist-to-height ratio; WWI, weigh adjusted waist index.