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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 Muscle
Background 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, Rui Tang, Xi Wang, Mengyi Zheng, Jingli Qu, Shuohua Chen, Shouling Wu, Yu Yuan   +7 more
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Waist Circumference as The Strongest Factor Related to Blood Glucose Level

Jurnal Berkala Epidemiologi, 2014
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity is associated with the increasing incident of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Obesity, especially abdominal obesity is an important risk factor for the onset of diabetes.
Nenni Septyaningrum, Santi Martini
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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, Elisabeth Edvardsen, Bjørge H. Hansen, Sigmund A. Anderssen   +3 more
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Relationship between sedentary time and cognitive decline in hypertensive patients-mediating role of the weight-adjusted waist circumference index. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang M, Liu D, Lv S, Wang C, Jiao H.
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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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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, Jajah Fachiroh, Ira Puspitawati, Fatwa Sari Tetra Dewi   +3 more
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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, Michael F, Leitzmann, Arthur, Schatzkin, Traci, Mouw, Kenneth F, Adams, Jacques Th M, van Eijk, Albert R, Hollenbeck, Tamara B, Harris   +7 more
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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, Brian K Kit, Earl S Ford   +2 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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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, Aytekin Oguz, Engin Karagoz, Arzu Ti?li Filizer, Gonca Tamer, Banu Mesci   +5 more
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