Waist-to-Height Ratio Associated Cardiometabolic Risk Phenotype in Children with Overweight/Obesity
BMC Public Health, 2022 Abstract Background Higher childhood overweight/obesity has been associated with an elevated risk of insulin resistance and cardiometabolic disorders. Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) may be a simple screening tool to identify children at risk for cardiometabolic associated obesity.
Tochi E. Ukegbu +8 more
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Effectiveness of telenutrition in a women’s weight loss program [PDF]
, 2015 Objective. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of telenutrition versus traditional nutritional consultations for female obese patients in need of nutritional treatment. Methods.
Cortés Castell, Ernesto +2 more
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Association between obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and waist-to-height ratio
Sleep and Breathing, 2018 Obesity is among the known risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). In this study, our aim was to investigate the correlation of waist-to-height ratio, an indicator of central obesity, with presence and severity of OSAS; to compare the use of this ratio with the use of waist circumference and body mass index (BMI); and to determine ...
Ünal, Yasemin +3 more
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Four-year stability of anthropometric and cardio-metabolic parameters in a prospective cohort of older adults [PDF]
, 2015 Aim: To examine the medium-term stability of anthropometric and cardio-metabolic parameters in the general population. Materials & methods: Participants were 5160 men and women from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (age ≥50 years) assessed in ...
Beeken, RJ +5 more
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Association between adiposity and systemic atherosclerosis: a protocol of a cross-sectional autopsy study. [PDF]
, 2016 IntroductionAdiposity has been associated with atherosclerosis in clinical studies. However, few autopsy studies have investigated this association, and they had only examined the coronary artery disease. Moreover, most studies had small sample sizes and
Campos, Fernanda Marinho +11 more
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Triiodothyronine and free thyroxine levels are differentially associated with metabolic profile and adiposity-related cardiovascular risk markers in euthyroid middle-aged subjects [PDF]
, 2014 Background: We previously showed that in healthy young men a less favorable body composition is associated with higher FT3 levels within the euthyroid range.
De Buyzere, Marc +6 more
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Positive association between waist-to-height ratio and hypertension in adolescents
Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition), 2016 The obesity and overweight epidemic, together with increasing cardiovascular disease, represent a major public health problem worldwide, and their occurrence in childhood and adolescence has increased in recent decades. The objective of this study was to assess the association between waist-to-height ratio (WHR) and the incidence of hypertension in ...
Juliana Gomes, Madruga +2 more
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Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio of Hong Kong Chinese children [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2008 Central body fat is a better predictor than overall body fat for cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in both adults and children. Waist circumference (WC) has been used as a proxy measure of central body fat. Children at high CV risk may be identified by WC measurements.
Kwok Charlotte WL +8 more
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Waist-to-Hip Ratio is Related to Body Fat Content and Distribution Regardless of the Waist Circumference Measurement Protocol, in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Patients [PDF]
, 2016 Central accumulation and distribution of body fat (BF) is an important cardiometabolic risk factor. Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), commonly elevated in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) patients, has been endorsed as a risk related marker of central ...
Cortez-Pinto, Helena +5 more
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Anthropometric discriminators of type 2 diabetes among White and Black American adults [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to determine the best anthropometric discriminators of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among White and Black males and females in a large US sample.
Gachupin, Francine C +5 more
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