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Waist-to-height ratio, inflammation and CVD risk in obese children [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition, 2014
AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the association between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and specific biomarkers of inflammation, CVD risk and endothelial dysfunction in prepubertal obese children.DesignProspective, multicentre case–control study matched by age and sex.SettingChildren were recruited between May 2007 and May 2010 from primary-care centres and ...
Josune, Olza, Concepcion M, Aguilera, Mercedes, Gil-Campos, Rosaura, Leis, Gloria, Bueno, Miguel, Valle, Ramon, Cañete, Rafael, Tojo, Luis A, Moreno, Angel, Gil   +9 more
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Breastfeeding shows a protective trend toward adolescents with higher abdominal adiposity [PDF]

, 2014
Objective: The question of whether breastfeeding has a protective effect against the development of overweight or obesity later in life remains controversial, especially during adolescence.
De Henauw, Stefaan, Dietrich, Sabine, Duhamel, Alain, Garcia Artero, Enrique, Gottrand, Frédéric, Manios, Yannis, Molnar, Denes, Moreno, Luis Aznar, Piccinelli, Raffaela, Rousseaux, Julien, Salleron, Julia, Sjöström, Michael, Turck, Dominique   +12 more
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Health behaviors, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in children [PDF]

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011
Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) begin to gain attention as measures of adiposity and as important cardiometabolic disease risk factors also among children. Still, little research has been done on behavioral determinants of WC and WHtR in children.
Ray C., Roos E., Ray C., Roos E.
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Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults [PDF]

, 2014
Simple, low-cost central obesity measures may help identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic disease risk, although it is unclear which measures perform best in African adults.
Fourie, C.M.T., Greeff, M., Huisman, H.W., Kruger, H. Salome, Kruger, I.M., Kruger, R., Rennie, Kirsten, Scheepers, J.D.W., Schutte, A.E., Schutte, R., Uys, A.S., Van Rooyen, J.M., Ware, L.J.   +12 more
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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., Cowell, C.T., Garnett, S.P., Graves, L., Lawlor, D.A., Ness, A., Sattar, N.   +6 more
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Muscularity and attractiveness as predictors of human egalitarianism [PDF]

, 2011
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in Personality and Individual Differences. The published article is available from the link below.
Baron-Cohen, Brewer, Brown, Burnham, Case, Croson, Darwin, Eckel, Eisenegger, Fan, Frederick, Grammer, Houston, James Dunn, Jinsheng Kang, Kunovich, Maisey, Messick, Michael E. Price, Mulford, Pratto, Pratto, Ritzman, Sell, Sian Hopkins, Sidanius, Singh, Singh, Solnick, Solnick, Swami, Takahashi, Trivers, Van Lange, Von Rueden, Zaatari   +35 more
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Cardiovascular and cortisol reactions to acute psychological stress and cognitive ability in the Dutch Famine Birth Cohort Study [PDF]

, 2011
Objective: Recently, in analyses of data from a large community sample, negative cross-sectional and prospective associations between cardiac stress reactivity and obesity were observed.
al'Absi, al'Absi, al'Absi, Backs, Bakker, Balanos, Barnett, Blair, Busato, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Carroll, Deary, DeGangi, deRooij, deRooij, deRooij, Domes, Duschek, Dweck, Elias, Elias, Everson, Georgiades, Ginty, Girdler, Heaney, Heim, Kapuku, Koo-Loeb, Launer, Lovallo, Lovallo, Lupien, Lynch, Markovitz, Matthews, Matthews, McClelland, Murdison, Newman, Novak, Painter, Panknin, Phillips, Phillips, Phillips, Pintrich, Pruessner, Rabbitt, Ravelli, Robbins, Rottenberg, Roy, Salomon, Singh-Manoux, Sloan, Waldstein, Waldstein, Waldstein, Wolf, Wood, Wright, York   +67 more
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Waist-to-height ratio is independently related to whole and central body fat, regardless of the waist circumference measurement protocol, in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patients [PDF]

, 2016
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Pimenta N.M., Cortez-Pinto H., Melo X., Silva-Nunes J., Sardinha L.B. & Santa-Clara H. (2017) Waist-to-height ratio is independently related to whole and central body fat, regardless of the ...
Cortez-Pinto, Helena, Melo, Xavier, Pimenta, Nuno, Santa-Clara, Helena, Sardinha, Luís, Silva-Nunes, José   +5 more
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Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are associated with periodontal pocketing—results of the Health 2000 Survey [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) has been found to associate with different parameters of chronic periodontal disease in previous studies. It is reasonable to expect that central adiposity measures, such as waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio,
Anna-Maija Hannele Syrjälä, Antti Jula, Matti Knuuttila, Pekka Ylöstalo, Petra Timonen, Sanna Kangas   +5 more
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Waist-to-height ratio is an effective indicator for comprehensive cardiovascular health [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2017
AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine the associations between cardiovascular health and the waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). A cross-sectional study was performed recruiting 26701 middle-aged Chinese men. Of the seven ideal cardiovascular health metrics, body mass index (BMI), total cholesterol (TC), blood pressure ...
Shiwei Shen, Yun Lu, Huajin Qi, Feng Li, Zhenhai Shen, Liuxin Wu, Chengjian Yang, Ling Wang, Kedong Shui, Weifeng Yao, Dongchang Qiang, Jingting Yun, Lin Zhou   +12 more
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