Zhu Q, et al. - Researchers assessed the link between body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among male and female centenarians, aged between 100 and 115 (Mage=107 years old) years, in Hainan province. Each participant received a standardized questionnaire and physical examination. Short stature and underweight status was detected among Hainan centenarians. Often female centenarians were noted to have pear-shaped, while male centenarians were often apple-shaped. A good correlation of BMI, WC and WHtR with the serum lipid and significantly higher total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) in females vs males were noted. Also, a close relation of BMI, WC and WHtR to the incidence of dyslipidemia in females, including high TG, high LDL-C and low HDL-C was shown.