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Kardiyovasküler Hastalıklarda Antropometrik Ölçümler ve Vücut Bileşimi Analizi ile Risk Değerlendirmesi: Geleneksel Derleme
Risk Assessment by Anthropometric Measurements and Body Composition Analysis in Cardiovascular Diseases: A Traditional Review
Kezban ŞAHİNa , Eda KÖKSALb
aBandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü, Balıkesir, Türkiye
bGazi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü, Ankara, Türkiye
Turkiye Klinikleri J Health Sci. 2023;8(4):698-708
doi: 10.5336/healthsci.2023-98578
Article Language: TR
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ÖZET
 Kardiyovasküler hastalıklar, kalp ve kan damarlarının patolojisi olup, dünya çapında primer ölüm nedenidir. Her yıl yaklaşık 17,9 milyon insanın kardiyovasküler hastalıklar nedeniyle yaşamını kaybettiği bilinmektedir. Kardiyovasküler hastalıkların büyük bir çoğunluğunun obezite, hipertansiyon, sedanter yaşam tarzı, sigara kullanımı gibi değiştirilebilir risk faktörlerine müdahale edilerek önlenebilmesi, erken teşhis ve tedavinin önemini artırmaktadır. Özellikle beslenme ve beslenme ile ilişkili faktörler kardiyovasküler hastalıkların hem önlenmesinde hem de tedavisinde kilit rol oynamaktadır. Adipozitenin artışı, inflamasyon ve oksidatif stresi artırarak kardiyovasküler hastalık gelişimine neden olmaktadır. Bu nedenle çeşitli otoriteler klinik uygulamada, adipozitenin değerlendirilmesinin kardiyovasküler hastalık riskinin belirlenebilmesi açısından gerekliliğini vurgulamaktadır. Antropometrik ölçümlerin ve laboratuvar yöntemlerinin bu amaçla kullanılması riskin değerlendirilmesinde prognostik bilgi sağlayabilir ve primer korumada önemli olabilir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, kardiyovasküler hastalıklarda ve risk değerlendirmesinde kullanılan antropometrik ölçümlerin (bel çevresi, uyluk çevresi, baldır çevresi, boyun çevresi, bel/boy oranı, bel/kalça oranı, bel/uyluk oranı, sagittal abdominal çap ve transvers abdominal çap, deri kıvrım kalınlıkları), laboratuvar yöntemlerin (hava deplasmanlı piletismografi, hidrodansitometri, bilgisayarlı tomografi, manyetik rezonans görüntüleme, biyoelektrik impedans analizi, dual enerji X-ray absorbsiyometri, biyoelektrik impedans vektör analizi) ve geliştirilen indekslerin (beden kütle indeksi, beden şekil indeksi, visseral adipozite indeksi, vücut adipozite indeksi, lipid birikim ürünü, koniklik indeksi, vücut yuvarlaklık indeksi, işaret parmağı/yüzük parmağı uzunluğu oranı gibi) açıklanarak güncel araştırmalar doğrultusunda karşılaştırılmasıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Kardiyovasküler hastalıklar; kardiyometabolik risk faktörleri; antropometri; vücut bileşimi; adipozite
ABSTRACT
 Cardiovascular diseases are pathologies of the heart and blood vessels and are the primary cause of death worldwide. It is known that approximately 17.9 million people die each year due to cardiovascular diseases. The fact that the majority of cardiovascular diseases can be prevented by intervening with modifiable risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, sedentary lifestyle, and smoking increases the importance of early diagnosis and treatment. In particular, nutrition and nutrition-related factors play a key role in both the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The increase in adiposity causes the development of cardiovascular disease by increasing inflammation and oxidative stress. Various authorities emphasize the necessity of evaluating adiposity in clinical practice to determine the risk of cardiovascular disease. The use of anthropometric measurements and laboratory methods for this purpose can provide prognostic information in risk assessment and is important in primary prevention. This study aims to explain anthropometric measurements (waist circumference, thigh circumference, calf circumference, neck circumference, waist-to-height ratio, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-thigh ratio, sagittal abdominal diameter and transverse abdominal diameter, skinfold thicknesses), laboratory methods (air displacement plethysmography, hydrodensitometry, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, bioelectrical impedance analysis, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, bioelectrical impedance vector analysis) and the developed indices (body mass index, body shape index, visceral adiposity index, body adiposity index, lipid accumulation product, conicity index, body roundness index, second-to-fourth digit ratio etc.) used in cardiovascular diseases and risk assessment, and compare them in line with current research.

Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; cardio metabolic risk factors; anthropometry; body composition; adiposity
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5.2. Within hereby "Terms of Use", "Turkiye Klinikleri" reserves the rights for "Turkiye Klinikleri" services, "Turkiye Klinikleri" information, the products associated with "Turkiye Klinikleri" copyrights, "Turkiye Klinikleri" trademarks, "Turkiye Klinikleri" trade looks or its all rights for other entity and information it has through this website unless it is explicitly authorized by "Turkiye Klinikleri".

6. CHANGES IN THE TERMS OF USE

"Turkiye Klinikleri" in its sole discretion may change the hereby "Terms of Use" anytime announcing within the "SITE". The changed terms of the hereby "Terms of Use" will become valid when they are announced. Hereby "Terms of Use" cannot be changed by unilateral declarations of users.

7. FORCE MAJEURE

"Turkiye Klinikleri" is not responsible for executing late or never of this hereby "Terms of Use", privacy policy and "USER Contract" in any situation legally taken into account as force majeure. Being late or failure of performance or non-defaulting of this and similar cases like this will not be the case from the viewpoint of "Turkiye Klinikleri", and "Turkiye Klinikleri" will not have any damage liability for these situations. "Force majeure" term will be regarded as outside of the concerned party's reasonable control and any situation that "Turkiye Klinikleri" cannot prevent even though it shows due diligence. Also, force majeure situations include but not limited to natural disasters, rebellion, war, strike, communication problems, infrastructure and internet failure, power cut and bad weather conditions.

8. LAW AND AUTHORISATION TO FOLLOW

Turkish Law will be applied in practicing, interpreting the hereby "Terms of Use" and managing the emerging legal relationships within this "Terms of Use" in case of finding element of foreignness, except for the rules of Turkish conflict of laws. Ankara Courts and Enforcement Offices are entitled in any controversy happened or may happen due to hereby contract.

9. CLOSING AND AGREEMENT

Hereby "Terms of Use" come into force when announced in the "SITE" by "Turkiye Klinikleri". The users are regarded to agree to hereby contract terms by using the "SITE". "Turkiye Klinikleri" may change the contract terms and the changes will be come into force by specifying the version number and the date of change on time it is published in the "SITE".

 

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Privacy Policy

We recommend you to read the terms of use below before you visit our website. In case you agree these terms, following our rules will be to your favor. Please read our Terms of Use thoroughly.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com website belongs to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. and is designed in order to inform physicians in the field of health

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot reach to user’s identity, address, service providers or other information. The users may send this information to the website through forms if they would like to. However, www.turkiyeklinikleri.com may collect your hardware and software information. The information consists of your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access time, and related websites. www.turkiyeklinikleri.com cannot sell the provided user information (your name, e-mail address, home and work address, phone number) to the third parties, publish it publicly, or keep it in the website. Gathered information has a directing feature to be a source for the website’s visitor profile, reporting and promotion of the services.

www.turkiyeklinikleri.com uses the taken information:

-To enhance, improve and maintain the quality of the website

-To generate visitor’s profile and statistical data

-To determine the tendency of the visitors on using our website

-To send print publications/correspondences

-To send press releases or notifications through e-mail

-To generate a list for an event or competition

By using www.turkiyeklinikleri.com you are considered to agree that;

-Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. cannot be hold responsible for any user’s illegal and immoral behavior,

-Terms of use may change from time to time,

-It is not responsible for other websites’ contents it cannot control or the harms they may cause although it uses the connection they provided.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. may block the website to users in the following events:

-Information with wrong, incomplete, deceiving or immoral expressions is recorded to the website,

-Proclamation, advertisement, announcement, libelous expressions are used against natural person or legal identity,

-During various attacks to the website,

-Disruption of the website because of a virus.

Written, visual and audible materials of the website, including the code and the software are under protection by legal legislation.

Without the written consent of Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. the information on the website cannot be downloaded, changed, reproduced, copied, republished, posted or distributed.

All rights of the software and the design of the website belong to Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc.

Ortadoğu Advertisement Presentation Publishing Tourism Education Architecture Industry and Trade Inc. will be pleased to hear your comments about our terms of use. Please share the subjects you think may enrich our website or if there is any problem regarding our website.

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