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Changes in Weight, Waist Circumference or Both With Incident Heart Failure in Chinese Middle‐Aged and Older Adults [PDF]
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and MuscleBackground Previous studies have acknowledged that higher body weight and waist circumference were associated with an increased risk of heart failure. Notably, both body weight and waist circumference can change over time.
Yu Yin +7 more
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Waist circumference thresholds and cardiorespiratory fitness
Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2019 Purpose: This study's purpose was to examine whether established risk categories of waist circumference (WC)—normal, high risk, and very high health risk—reflected significant differences in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and physical activity (PA ...
Sindre M. Dyrstad +3 more
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The Association of Metabolic Syndrome Components with Anthropometric Measurements [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Family Medicine, 2021 Aim: This study aims to research the association of metabolic syndrome components with anthropometric measurements like arm circumference, neck circumference, hip circumference, waist- hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio, which are applied rarely ...
Cagla Ozdemir +2 more
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Waist circumference cutoff and metabolic syndrome
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012 Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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Waist Circumference and Mortality [PDF]
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2008 The authors examined the association between waist circumference and mortality among 154,776 men and 90,757 women aged 51-72 years at baseline (1996-1997) in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study. Additionally, the combined effects of waist circumference and body mass index (BMI; weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) were examined.
Annemarie, Koster +7 more
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Serum endothelin-1 level positively correlates with waist and hip circumferences in stable coronary artery disease patients [PDF]
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Central obesity is associated with increased level and activity of endothelin-1. The waist and hip circumferences are simple indicators of central obesity.
Anggoro Budi Hartopo +3 more
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The waist-hip ratio: a flawed index
Annals of Human Biology, 2020 The waist-hip ratio, namely waist circumference (WC) divided by hip circumference (HC), has been referred to in thousands of articles, generally as a correlate and predictor either of health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, or of ...
Richard Francis Burton
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Are the Recent Secular Increases in Waist Circumference among Children and Adolescents Independent of Changes in BMI? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Several studies have shown that the waist circumference of children and adolescents has increased over the last 25 years. However, given the strong correlation between waist circumference and BMI, it is uncertain if the secular trends in waist ...
David S Freedman +2 more
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Application of alternative anthropometric measurements to predict metabolic syndrome
Clinics, 2014 OBJECTIVE: The association between rarely used anthropometric measurements (e.g., mid-upper arm, forearm, and calf circumference) and metabolic syndrome has not been proven.
Gul Sagun +5 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2023 Background The waist-calf circumference ratio (WCR) has been suggested as a potential indicator of visceral adiposity. Nevertheless, the relationship between WCR and the risk of frailty remains unclear.
Miao Dai +6 more
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