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High ratio of waist circumference to hip circumference increased the risk for death in older women

ACP Journal Club, 1993
Source Citation Folsom AR, Kaye SA, Sellers TA, et al. Body fat distribution and 5-year risk of death in older women. JAMA. 1993 Jan 27;269:483-7.
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Macronutrients Association with Change in Waist and Hip Circumference Over 9 Years

Journal of the American College of Nutrition, 2016
The calorie distribution of macronutrients affects individuals' health. Quantity and source of macronutrients may play major roles in waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC). This study's purpose is to investigate the association between the quantity and source of macronutrients and the change in WC and HC over 9 years.Participants (N = 11 ...
Amy C, Lofley, Martin M, Root
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Hip circumference is associated with the risk of premenopausal ER−/PR− breast cancer

International Journal of Obesity, 2011
We evaluated the relationship between hip and waist circumferences (HCs, WCs), waist-to-hip ratio, height, weight and body mass index (BMI) and breast cancer risk according to menopausal status of women and cancer hormone receptor status.We used data from the French E3N longitudinal prospective cohort.In the total population of 63 726 women who were ...
G, Fagherazzi, N, Chabbert-Buffet, A, Fabre, G, Guillas, M-C, Boutron-Ruault, S, Mesrine, F, Clavel-Chapelon   +6 more
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Smaller Hip Circumference is Associated with Dyslipidemia and the Metabolic Syndrome in Obese Women

Obesity Surgery, 2007
There is great need for simple anthropometric measures that predict risk. The authors explored the relationship between body composition measures and features of the metabolic syndrome (MtS) in women aged between 20 and 50 years with class I obesity.This is a cross-sectional study of 49 obese (BMI 30-35) women recruited into a weight management ...
John B, Dixon, Boyd J G, Strauss, Cheryl, Laurie, Paul E, O'Brien   +3 more
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Correlation of waist circumference, hip circumference and waist-hip ratio with VCTE in lean and non-lean NAFLD

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology, 2022
Ann Mary George, Avisek Chakravorty, Minu Sajeev Kumar, Nuzil Moopan, Krishnadas Devadas, A. Shanid, T.S. Prashanth, Devika Madhu, Rushil Solanki, Vijay Narayanan, Shivabrata Dhal Mohapatra, Ravina Pal   +11 more
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Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio Are Related to Gestational Glucose Tolerance

Diabetes Care, 1997
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship of central fat distribution with gestational glucose tolerance during the usual time for screening gestational diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This cross-sectional study investigated 1,113 consecutive ...
L, Branchtein, M I, Schmidt, S S, Mengue, A J, Reichelt, M C, Matos, B B, Duncan   +5 more
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[Development of abdominal and gluteal circumference (waist and hips) in adults].

Casopis lekaru ceskych, 2001
Abdominal and gluteal (waist and hip) circumferences are accepted as indicators of central fat distribution and abdominal (waist) circumference is generally regarded as a simple anthropometric measure of visceral fat distribution.In the years 1987-1988 there was carried out an anthropometric survey on the region of former Czechoslovakia.
K, Hajnis, M, Kunesová
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[Study on waist circumference and hip circumference of 7 - 18 year-old children and adolescents in Shandong province].

Zhonghua liu xing bing xue za zhi = Zhonghua liuxingbingxue zazhi, 2014
To study the development of waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) in children and adolescents in Shandong province, and to provide scientific data for developing related reference values for screening central obesity in Chinese children and adolescents.Using data from 'Student physical fitness and health surveillance 2010 project' in ...
Ying-xiu, Zhang, Jing-yang, Zhou, Ji-xiang, Ma, Jun-li, Zhang, Li, Xie, Jing-yi, Yan, Xia, Wei, Qing-lan, Xi   +7 more
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The Use of Smartphone-Based Artificial Intelligence to Predict Waist and Hip Circumference: A Physical Circumference Comparison

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2022
A. Graybeal, C. Brandner, J. Willis
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Population-Based References for Waist and Hip Circumferences, Waist-to-Hip and Waist-to-Height Ratios for Children and Adolescents, and Evaluation of Their Predictive Ability

European Journal of Pediatrics, 2023
Anna Swiader, Mieczyslaw Litwin, Zbigniew Kulaga   +2 more
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