[Waist-hip and waist-thigh index in obesity especially in relation to weight reduction]

Waist-hip index (WHI) and waist-thigh index (WTI) were determined in 18 obese males and 24 females, respectively, before and after weight reduction, in comparison to this in 12 males and 10 females in normal weight. Under weight reduction the two indices in males were significantly reduced in correlation to the relative weight. In females analogous changes could not be proved. Furthermore, the WHI was significantly lower in persons with normal weight than in obese ones (males and females), the WTI only in females. - In obese males, however, not in males with normal weight the WHI processes a prediction value for the atherogenic risk, which is at least adequate to the value of up to now wellknown parameters (relative weight, body mass index etc.).