Frontiers in Public Health, 2021 Background: Anthropometric measures [i.e., body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)] have been used as prediction factors for incident hypertension. However, whether any of these measures is superior to another in
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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 ...
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Waist to Height Ratio as a Predictor of Abdominal Fat Distribution in Men
The Chinese Journal of Physiology, 2009 The accumulation of fat in visceral (VA) and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue (SA) is highly correlated with the metabolic abnormalities that contribute to increased risk of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. The purpose of the study was to determine which of the four indices-waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist to ...
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Early evaluation of waist-to-height ratio for the prediction of worsening acute pancreatitis
Medicine, 2023 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and the aggravation of acute pancreatitis (AP). This prospective study included AP patients treated from May 2019 to December 2019 in the Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University.
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Which is a better marker for overweight: waist height ratio or waist circumference? [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The global prevalence of obesity has been increasing. Body mass index, waist circumference and waist height ratio have been widely used for nutritional assessment.
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, 2016 Classification of Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, Waist-Hip Ratio and Waist-to-Height Ratio (n = 55).
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Relationship between anterometric indices and plasma atherogenic index and some other cardiovascular risk factors in working women [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i ĪrānIntroduction: The prevalence of obesity in the world is associated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Since the most appropriate anthropometric indicators determining obesity to estimate CVD, especially in women, are not well known, the ...
Esmat Rashidi, Javad Arefi
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Markers of adiposity in HIV/AIDS patients: Agreement between waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio and body mass index. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) are all independent predictors of cardio-metabolic risk and therefore important in HIV/AIDS patients on antiretroviral therapy at risk of increased visceral adiposity ...
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Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio as functions of IOTF-BMI and age.
, 2019 Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio as functions of IOTF-BMI and age.
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Green space and child weight status : does outcome measurement matter? Evidence from an Australian longitudinal study [PDF]
, 2015 Taren Sanders is supported by an Australian Postgraduate Award. Thomas Astell-Burt is supported by a Fellowship with the National Heart Foundation of Australia.Objective.
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