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The association between waist circumference, weight-adjusted waist index, waist-to-height ratio and waist divided by height0.5 and the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes

BMC Public Health
Background The waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist divided by height0.5(WHT.5R), and weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) are four anthropometric indices evaluating obesity, but the association with cardiovascular diseases in ...
Jinhao Liao, Linjie Wang, Lian Duan, Fengying Gong, Huijuan Zhu, Hui Pan, Hongbo Yang   +6 more
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The prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity in six regions of Croatia: results from the Croatian Adult Health Survey [Prevalencija prekomjerne tjelesne težine, debljine i avdominalne debljine u šest regija Hrvatske] [PDF]

, 2009
Our aim was to estimate the prevalence of overweight, obesity and increased waist circumference in the adult population of Croatia and investigate regional differences in six regions of Croatia.
Fišter, Kristina, Kern, Josipa, Kolčić, Ivana, Musić Milanović, Sanja   +3 more
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Association of BMI with adherence and outcome in heart failure patients treated with wearable cardioverter defibrillator

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1295-1303, April 2025.
Abstract Background Obesity is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet an ‘obesity paradox’ has been observed in various CVD contexts. The impact of obesity on heart failure (HF) patients treated with a wearable cardioverter‐defibrillator (WCD) remains underexplored.
Mohammad Abumayyaleh, Katharina Koepsel, Julia W. Erath, Thomas Kuntz, Norbert Klein, Boldizsar Kovacs, Firat Duru, Ardan M. Saguner, Christian Blockhaus, Dong‐In Shin, Fabienne Kreimer, Michael Gotzmann, Hendrik Lapp, Thomas Beiert, Assem Aweimer, Andreas Mügge, Christel Weiß, Ibrahim El‐Battrawy, Ibrahim Akin   +18 more
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Estado nutricional de preescolares asistentes a la Junta Nacional de Jardines Infantiles de Chile: Evaluación de la concordancia entre indicadores antropométricos de obesidad y obesidad central

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición
Históricamente, el monitoreo nutricional de los programas de ayuda nutricional infantil ha utilizado indicadores de peso-edad y talla-edad para detectar deficiencias nutricionales.
Yareni Gutiérrez-Gómez, Juliana Kain, Ricardo Uauy, Marcos Galván, Camila Corvalán   +4 more
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The Ability of Various Measures of Fatness to Predict Application for Disability Insurance [PDF]

This paper compares a variety of measures of fatness (e.g. BMI, waist circumference, waist-tohip ratio, percent body fat) in terms of their ability to predict application for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI).
John Cawley, Maximilian D. Schmeiser, Richard V. Burkhauser   +2 more
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Leptin and adiponectin DNA methylation levels in adipose tissues and blood cells are associated with BMI, waist girth and LDL-cholesterol levels in severely obese men and women [PDF]

, 2015
Andrée-Anne Houde, Cécilia Légaré, Simon Biron, Odette Lescelleur, Laurent Biertho, Simon Marceau, André Tchernof, Marie‐Claude Vohl, Marie‐France Hivert, Luigi Bouchard   +9 more
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A New Vista of Opportunity in Diabetes Management: Natural Product‐Based β‐cell Preservation

Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.
Preserving functional β‐cells via natural products offers promising strategy for diabetes treatment. ABSTRACT A defining characteristic of diabetes is β‐cell failure, in which β‐cells cannot modulate insulin secretion to compensate for escalating insulin resistance, pushing forward disease development.
Yi‐San Lee, Tien‐Fen Kuo, Chun‐Yen Yang, Greta Yang, Wen‐Chin Yang   +4 more
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Prediction of cardiovascular disease risk using waist circumference among Aboriginals in a remote Australian community [PDF]

, 2015
Odewumi Adegbija, Wendy E. Hoy, Zhiqiang Wang   +2 more
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How well do you know your size? Accuracy of self-reported measures vs. BMI & waist to height ratio among Mexican women

, 2020
Dagmara Wrzecionkowska, Rolando Díaz Loving, Olga Flores-Cano   +2 more
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Scaphoid waist fracture

, 2020
Craig Hacking
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