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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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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 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 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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Waist Circumference (WC)

2020
Tavis  S. Campbell, Jillian  A. Johnson, Kristin  A. Zernicke   +2 more
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[Evaluation of the measurement of waist circumference].

Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology, 2008
A series of basic analyses was performed to disclose the problems in the measurement of waist circumference (WC) at umbilical level, which will provide quite important parameters in the national annual health check for metabolic syndrome coming in April, 2008 in Japan.WC and body fat ratio was measured in 53 healthy volunteer, especially in 10 subjects
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Waist circumference percentiles

The Journal of Pediatrics, 2014
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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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