Waist-to-height ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescence: findings from a prospective birth cohort [PDF]
, 2014 What is already known about this subject In adults, associations between body mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and cardiometabolic outcomes are similar.
Baur, L.A. +6 more
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Waist circumference provides an indication of numerous cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with cerebral palsy [PDF]
, 2014 This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund.Objective: To report the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors in a cohort of adults with cerebral palsy (CP) and to investigate the ability of anthropometric ...
Crowley, VE +4 more
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Waist-to-height ratio as index of cardiometabolic risk among the doctors
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal, 2017 The aim of this study was to see the cardiometabolic risk among doctors using waist-to-height ratio index as tool. Cardiometabolic risk is an umbrella term that includes all the risk factors of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The study was conducted
Miliva Mozaffor +3 more
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Relationship of depression screening in cardiometabolic disease with vascular events and mortality: findings from a large primary care cohort with 4 years follow-up [PDF]
, 2016 Aims: Benefits of routine depression screening for cardiometabolic disease patients remain unclear. We examined the association between depression screening and all-cause mortality and vascular events in cardiometabolic disease patients.
Barry, Sarah J.E. +5 more
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Associations of Body Mass and Fat Indexes With Cardiometabolic Traits
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018 Body mass index (BMI) is criticized for not distinguishing fat from lean mass and ignoring fat distribution, leaving its ability to detect health effects unclear.The aim of this study was to compare BMI with total and regional fat indexes from dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in their associations with cardiometabolic traits.
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Body adiposity index versus body mass index and other anthropometric traits as correlates of cardiometabolic risk factors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The worldwide prevalence of obesity mandates a widely accessible tool to categorize adiposity that can best predict associated health risks. The body adiposity index (BAI) was designed as a single equation to predict body adiposity in pooled analysis of ...
Charlene T Lichtash +6 more
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Incidence of components of metabolic syndrome in the metabolically healthy obese over 9 years follow-up: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study. [PDF]
, 2017 BackgroundSome obese adults are not afflicted by the metabolic abnormalities often associated with obesity (the 'metabolically healthy obese' (MHO)); however, they may be at increased risk of developing cardiometabolic abnormalities in the future. Little
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2017 The purpose of this study was to determine the association between cardiometabolic risk with body mass index and skinfold independently or in combination in youth. This cross-sectional study comprised a convenience sample of 450 children and adolescents (
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundObesity and overweight status increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Diet quality can also predict the risk of cardiovascular diseases in obese and overweight patients.
Azam Mohamadi +7 more
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Relationship between blood pressure values, depressive symptoms and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with cardiometabolic disease [PDF]
, 2016 We studied joint effect of blood pressure-BP and depression on risk of major adverse cardiovascular outcome in patients with existing cardiometabolic disease. A cohort of 35537 patients with coronary heart disease, diabetes or stroke underwent depression
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