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The associations between anthropometric indices and obstructive sleep apnea in a Korean population. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Although clinical and epidemiological studies have shown that OSA and obesity are strongly associated, few Asian studies have examined the associations between ...
Hyeon Hui Kang +6 more
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Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundCurrent research offers limited clarity on the correlation between waist circumference and chronic pain prevalence.ObjectiveThis investigation seeks to elucidate the potential relationship between waist circumference and chronic pain and their ...
Ting Xu +6 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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Health behaviors, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio in children [PDF]
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011 Waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) begin to gain attention as measures of adiposity and as important cardiometabolic disease risk factors also among children. Still, little research has been done on behavioral determinants of WC and WHtR in children.
Ray C., Roos E., Ray C., Roos E.
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Waist Circumference Might Be a Predictor of Primary Liver Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Frontiers in Oncology, 2018 Background: Waist circumference, as an indicator of central adiposity, has been identified as an important predictor of several specific cancers such as colorectal cancer and gastroesophageal cancer risk, however, a consensus regarding the association ...
Luopei Wei +13 more
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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 Aims: This study aimed to investigate the association between waist circumference and the prevalence of (pre) hypertension.Methods: Cross-sectional data from the 2007–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were analyzed.
Jin-Yu Sun +7 more
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The severity of nocturnal hypoxia but not abdominal adiposity is associated with insulin resistance in non-obese men with sleep apnea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Beyond obesity, sleep apnea syndrome is frequently associated with excess abdominal adiposity that could contribute to the deteriorated cardiometabolic risk profile of apneic patients.The present study addressed the respective contribution of the ...
Anne-Laure Borel +7 more
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Relationship Between the Head Circumference and Waist Circumference
The International Annals of Medicine, 2017 Summary: The purpose of this study therefore is to investigate the relationship between the head circumference and waist circumference of male and female subjects in Nigeria and also if there exists any significant difference in male and female head circumferences and waist circumferences.
Okoro Oghenerieborue Godswill +1 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 The increasing prevalence of obesity among the institutionalised elderly population and its severe consequences on health requires an early and accurate diagnosis that can be easily achieved in any clinical setting.
Jose Ramon Alvero-Cruz +7 more
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Correlation of neck and wrist circumference with waist circumference
Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine, 2015 Background and aims: Body mass index, waist and hip circumference have been using for measurement of obesity, however practically it’s difficult to get these measures accurately because of the various reasons, so an alternative to this could be neck and wrist circumference measurement. As there is scarce report on such anthropometric studies from Nepal,
A.R. Devkota +4 more
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