Waist circumference and grip strength and their joint relations to type 2 diabetes incidence in UK Biobank [PDF]
BMC MedicineBackground Waist circumference and grip strength are each associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk, but their joint associations have been less well studied.
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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.
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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 ...
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Measuring waist circumference in disabled adults [PDF]
Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2010 To date, it is unknown whether waist circumference can be measured validly and reliably when a subject is in a supine position. This issue is relevant when international standards for healthy participants are applied to persons with severe intellectual, sensory, and motor disabilities.
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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 ...
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Waist Circumference: An Important Marker for Hypertension
National Journal of Community Medicine, 2019 Introduction: High blood pressure indirectly identified through anthropometric indicators may be an efficient strategy for detection and control, mainly because these measures can be implemented without specialized technical apparatus.
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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.
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Waist circumference as a determinant of hypertension and diabetes in Brazilian women: a population-based study. [PDF]
, 2004 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of central adiposity, as evaluated by the measurement of waist circumference (WC), as an independent risk factor for hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in the setting of a developing country.
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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.
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