Waist-to-height ratio, body circumference index and body shape index of abdominal obesity to identify OSA: Results from NHANES. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)Wang R, Dong M, Chu M, Wu H, Jiang J.
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Waist-to-Height Ratio as a predictor of cardiovascular and metabolic health in a pediatric population. [PDF]
PLoS OneFredriksen PM +3 more
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Waist-to-height ratio assessment device
International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE), 2023 Many diseases are associated with excess abdominal fat like cardiovascular diseases. Monitoring and controlling abdominal fat led to one of the many factors that can change the status of a person’s health. Awareness of the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) can be a guide to adjusting to a person’s lifestyle and maintaining a normal WHtR value.
Ertie Abana +4 more
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Comparison of 3D laser-based photonic scans and manual anthropometric measurements of body size and shape in a validation study of 123 young Swiss men [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Manual anthropometric measurements are time-consuming and challenging to perform within acceptable intra- and inter-individual error margins in large studies.
Nikola Koepke +6 more
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Percentile Curves for Body-Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist-To-Height Ratio and Waist-To-Height Ratio(Exp) in Croatian Adolescents [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019 Purpose: The main purpose of the present study was to establish percentile curves for body-mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and WHtR(exp) in adolescents. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we recruited 1036 secondary-school students aged 15 to 18 years from eight randomly selected schools (55.3% girls). BMI,
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Waist to Height Ratio and Metabolic Syndrome as lung dysfunction predictors [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 AbstractMetabolic Syndrome (MetS) has been related to pulmonary diseases but its relationship with lung age has not been sufficiently studied. In addition, anthropometric variables have been associated with pulmonary dysfunction, highlighting the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR).
Molina-Luque, Rafael +5 more
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Waist-to-height ratio and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adults [PDF]
BMC Gastroenterology, 2021 AbstractBackgroundThe waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has been recognised as a powerful indicator to evaluate non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in recent years, but few related studies are available. Thus, clarifying the association between the WHtR and NAFLD may be beneficial to the prevention and treatment of NAFLD.MethodsThe cross-sectional ...
Guotai Sheng +5 more
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The Hypertriglyceridemic Waist, Waist-to-Height Ratio, and Cardiometabolic Risk [PDF]
The Journal of Pediatrics, 2013 To investigate whether the hypertriglyceridemic waist (HW) phenotype and waist-to-height ratio (WHTR) are associated with cardiometabolic disorders in children and adolescents.This was a cross-sectional design study. Anthropometry, biochemical variables, and cardiorespiratory fitness were assessed in 234 participants (122 girls) aged 10-19 years from ...
Bailey, Daniel Paul +4 more
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Relationship between body mass index and waist-to-height ratio in childhood [PDF]
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2021 To evaluate whether there is an association between the body mass index z-score and waist-to-height ratio of children and adolescents.This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a school in Santo André, SP, between June and August 2019. Body mass index was measured for all participants, adopting the z-score cutoff of +2 recommended by the World ...
João Carlos Pina Faria +5 more
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Obesity and overall mortality: findings from the Jackson Heart Study
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Overall mortality has been reported to be lower among individuals classified as overweight/obese when compared with their normal weight counterparts (“obesity paradox”) when obesity classification is based on the body mass index (BMI).
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