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Waist-Hip Ratio [PDF]

, 2020
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Waist hip ratio as an index for identifying women with raised TC/HDL ratios.

Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC, 2004
Obesity cannot be described solely as fat mass but the location of fat deposition is very important to determine the relation between obesity and disease. Abdominal type of obesity is linked to risk factors of atherosclerosis and to metabolic disease. Waist Hip Ratio (WHR) is a practical, simple and non-invasive index of adipose tissue distribution.We ...
Noreen, Sultan, Muhammad, Nawaz, Ambreen, Sultan, Muhammad, Fayaz   +3 more
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Longitudinal metabolomics of increasing body-mass index and waist-hip ratio reveals two dynamic patterns of obesity pandemic. [PDF]

Int J Obes (Lond), 2023
Mäkinen VP, Kettunen J, Lehtimäki T, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Perola M, Salomaa V, Järvelin MR, Raitakari OT, Ala-Korpela M.   +9 more
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Waist-hip ratio is an independent predictor of moderate-to-severe OSA in nonobese males: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

BMC Pulm Med, 2022
Wang Y, Mao L, Zhang X.
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Higher Waist Hip Ratio Genetic Risk Score Is Associated with Reduced Weight Loss in Patients with Severe Obesity Completing a Meal Replacement Programme. [PDF]

J Pers Med, 2022
Handley D, Rafey MF, Almansoori S, Brazil JF, McCarthy A, Amin HA, O'Donnell M, Blakemore AI, Finucane FM.   +8 more
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Effects of aerobic and resistance exercise on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) concentrations in non-diabetic Taiwanese individuals based on the waist-hip ratio. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Chou YH, Cheng YY, Nfor ON, Chen PH, Chen CH, Chen HL, Chang BJ, Tantoh DM, Huang CN, Liaw YP.   +9 more
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Evaluation of body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio as predictors of insulin resistance in Syrian adult women: A cross-sectional study

Journal of International Medical Research
Objective Body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio are widely used anthropometric indices for assessing obesity-related metabolic risk; however, their relative contributions to insulin resistance remain debated and vary across ...
Wissam Zam, Haya Farkoh, Jana Makhoul, Jouel Youssef   +3 more
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Body Roundness Index and Waist-Hip Ratio Result in Better Cardiovascular Disease Risk Stratification: Results From a Large Chinese Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Front Nutr, 2022
Li Y, He Y, Yang L, Liu Q, Li C, Wang Y, Yang P, Wang J, Chen Z, Huang X.   +9 more
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Comparing the Accuracy of Waist-Hip Ratio Calculation by the BIA device versus the Manual Method

Annals of Applied Sport Science, 2016
Nowadays, the Waist-Hip Ratio is considered one of the most important indices in predicting the risk of cardiovascular diseases. The usual method for calculating this index is by measuring the waist and hip circumferences with a measuring tape.
Amir Hossein Abedi Yekta, Shahrzad Khosravi, Mohammad Hassabi, Mehrshad Poorsaid Esfahani, Bahar Hassanmirzaei, Ahmadreza Asgari   +5 more
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Anthropometry; Obesity; Body Mass Index And Waist Hip Ratio.

, 2018
Asians Indian are commonly dyslipidemia and predisposed to develop accelerated arthrosclerosis. The present study was done to critical analyze of the different anthropometric indicators of obesity such as body mass index, waist – hip ratio and waist circumference.
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