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Chest width, waist circumference, and thigh circumference are predictors of dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2018
ObjectiveFew studies have investigated the relationship between specific body measures and dementia.MethodsThree‐dimensional anthropometric body surface scanning data containing 38 body measures were collected from 6831 participants from the health examination department of a medical center in Taiwan during 2000 to 2008, and 236 dementia cases were ...
Pei‐Ju Liao, Tzu‐Yu Lin, Ming‐Kuo Ting, Tsung‐I Peng, Wen‐Ko Chiou, Li‐Hsuan Chen, Kuang‐Hung Hsu   +6 more
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Macronutrients and Waist Circumference Compared to Hip Circumference

2014
Introduction: A large waist circumference (WC) has more detrimental health outcomes than a large hip circumference (HC). Macronutrient calorie distribution affects the health of individuals. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the sources and quantity of macronutrients affect WC and HC.
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Waist Circumference Measurement: Not a Waste of Time

Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice
Background: The following executive summary is a summation of an education seminar completed as part of the requirements for a Doctor of Nursing Practice capstone project. The gap in practice is a need for more knowledge among health care professionals regarding waist circumference measurement (WCM) in the outpatient clinical setting.
Laura, Lunger, Diane, Whitehead
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Daily variability in waist circumference

Heart, 2010
To the Editor: A recent issue of Heart contained two articles concerning abdominal obesity.1 2 Both describe waist circumference as a proxy measure of central fat distribution, linked to atherothrombotic inflammatory abnormalities seen in the “metabolic syndrome”, associated with adverse cardiovascular events. This “vital sign in clinical cardiology”2
E Pellowe, K Salako, S Snelling, C Urdaibay, C Weston   +4 more
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Waist Circumference and Cardiovascular Risk

2012
The epidemic of obesity poses a global concern because of its related health problems. The related risk appears to be directly linked to the increased deposition of fat in the body. While most adipose tissue is located under the skin, intra-abdominal fat is more closely associated with the risk of several chronic diseases.
Heribert Schunkert, Marcello Ricardo Paulista Markus, Jan Stritzke   +2 more
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Waist circumference in metabolic syndrome

The Lancet, 2007
Satoru, Yamada, Youko, Tsukamoto, Junichiro, Irie   +2 more
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Waist Circumference

2013
Tavis S. Campbell, Jillian A. Johnson, Kristin A. Zernicke, Christopher Shaw, Kazuo Hara, Kazuo Hara, Susan Folkman, Shuji Inada, Jane Monaco, Stephen M. Weiss, Sarah D. Pressman, Tara Kraft, Stephanie Bowlin, Mark Hamer, Virginia P. Williams, Redford B. Williams, Redford B. Williams, Michael O’Hara, Jonathan Newman, William Whang, David Pearson, Karen Jacobs, Miranda Hellman, Jacqueline Markowitz, Ellen Wuest, Ellinor K. Olander, Shekhar Saxena, M. Taghi Yasamy, J. F. Brosschot, Bart Verkuil, Christopher G. Engeland   +30 more
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Waist Circumference (WC)

2020
Tavis  S. Campbell, Jillian  A. Johnson, Kristin  A. Zernicke   +2 more
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Waist circumference gain compared with waist circumference as predictors of type 2 diabetes risk

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2005
Grete, Heinz, Gary T C, Ko, Louis J, Peterson   +2 more
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AB1200 WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE AND GONARTHROSIS

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2023
A. Rafi, F. Idrissi Zaki, Z. Baba, A. Mougui, I. El Bouchti   +4 more
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