Use of anthropometric measures to predict insulin resistance.

Objective: Obesity is closely related to insulin-resistance (IR) but it is evaluated differently in the diverse definitions of the metabolic syndrome. The objective of this study was to verify the utility of different anthropometric measures to predict IR and to evaluate the best cut-off points.

Subjects And Method: We performed a cross-sectional study of the general population aged 40 to 70 years old (n=2,143); a simple random sample of 305 non-diabetic persons was obtained.