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Abdominal Circumference or Waist Circumference?

International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2018
Circumference measures, also called perimetry, are part of the anthropometric evaluation. Important Brazilian guidelines, as well as the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC), have considered the abdominal circumference values as a point of reference to classify the risk for cardiovascular disease development.
Tiago de Oliveira Chaves, Michel Silva Reis   +1 more
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Ala54Thr Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 2 (FABP2) Polymorphism in Recurrent Depression: Associations with Fatty Acid Concentrations and Waist Circumference [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Fatty acid (FA)-alterations may mediate the mutual association between Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, etiology of observed FA-alterations in MDD and CVD remains largely unclear.
Assies, Johanna, Bockting, Claudi LH, Koeter, Maarten WJ, Lok, Anja, Mocking, Roel JT, Ruhé, Henricus G, Schene, Aart H, Visser, Ieke   +7 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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Correlation between body mass index and waist circumference in Nigerian adults: implication as indicators of health status [PDF]

, 2013
Background. Anthropometric measures have been widely used for body weight classification in humans. Waist circumference has been advanced as a useful parameter for measuring adiposity. This study evaluated the correlation between body mass index (BMI)
Afolabi , Israel Sunmola, Azuh, Dominic E., Chinedu, S. N., Idachaba , Mercy E., Iweala, E. E. J., Ogunlana, Olubanke Olujoke, Osamor, V. C., UHUEGBU, Chidi C.   +7 more
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Growth hormone nadir during oral glucose load depends on waist circumference, gender and age: normative data in 231 healthy subjects. [PDF]

, 2011
Objective  (i) To analyse the predictors of GH suppression after standard glucose load (oGTT) in the healthy population and (ii) to establish the 97th percentile of GH nadir post-oGTT according to these variables.
AURIEMMA, RENATA SIMONA, COLAO, ANNAMARIA, GALDIERO, MARIANO, GRASSO, LUDOVICA FRANCESCA STELLA, LOMBARDI, GAETANO, PIVONELLO, CLAUDIA, PIVONELLO, ROSARIO, SAVASTANO, SILVIA   +7 more
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Waist circumference in Liver Disease [PDF]

, 2016
Background Central fat accumulation is important in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) etiology. It is unknown weather any commonly used waist circumference (WC) measurement protocol (mp), as whole and central fat accumulation marker, is ...
Cortez-Pinto, Helena, Melo, Xavier, Pimenta, Nuno, Santa-Clara, Helena, Sardinha, Luis, Silva Nunes, José António   +5 more
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Measurement of Waist Circumference [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2013
OBJECTIVE Waist circumference (WC) is used to define central obesity. This study aimed to compare the performance of two recommended locations of WC measurement. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A cohort of 1,898 subjects who were without diabetes from ...
Ma, Wen-Ya, Yang, Chung-Yi, Shih, Shyang-Rong, Hsieh, Hong-Jen, Hung, Chi Sheng, Chiu, Fu-Chun, Lin, Mao-Shin, Liu, Pi-Hua, Hua, Cyue-Huei, Hsein, Yenh-Chen, Chuang, Lee-Ming, Un, Jou-Wei, Wei, Jung-Nan, Li, Hung-Yuan   +13 more
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Changing distributions of body size and adiposity with age [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Adiposity and health risks are better indicated by waist circumference than body mass index (BMI). Patterns of change with age are incompletely documented.<p></p> Methods: Adults aged 18–92 years in the Scottish and ...
Combet, E, Lean, MEJ, Vlassopoulos, A.
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Assessment of trabecular bone score (TBS) in overweight/obese men: effect of metabolic and anthropometric factors [PDF]

, 2016
The "trabecular bone score" (TBS) indirectly explores bone quality, independently of bone mineral density (BMD). We investigated the effects of anthropometric and metabolic parameters on TBS in 87 overweight/obese men. We assessed BMD and TBS by DXA, and
Carnevale, Vincenzo, COSTANTINI, DANIELA, GNESSI, Lucio, LENZI, Andrea, LUBRANO, Carla, Migliaccio, Silvia, MORANO, Susanna, Nieddu, Luciano, Romagnoli, Elisabetta   +8 more
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Compositional analyses of the associations between sedentary time, different intensities of physical activity, and cardiometabolic biomarkers among children and youth from the United States [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction : Compositional data analysis is one appropriate method for co-dependent data, even when data are collected for a subdivision of the 24-hour period, such as the waking day.
Carson, Valerie, Chaput, Jean-Philippe, Chastin, Sebastien, McGregor, Duncan, Tremblay, Mark S.   +4 more
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