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Korelasi lingkar pinggang dan rasio lingkar pinggang-panggul terhadap kadar glukosa plasma menggunakan tes toleransi glukosa oral

Jurnal Gizi Klinik Indonesia, 2015
Background: The increased circumference of waist and waist-hip ratio describe intra-abdominal fat which is associated with a number of metabolic disorders such as diabetes mellitus.
Farida Dwi Rokhmah, Dian Handayani, Harun Al-Rasyid   +2 more
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Waist circumference cut-off values for the prediction of cardiovascular risk factors clustering in Chinese school-aged children: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2010
Background Waist circumference has been identified as a valuable predictor of cardiovascular risk in children. The development of waist circumference percentiles and cut-offs for various ethnic groups are necessary because of differences in body ...
Xu Ying, Du Lin, Li Yanping, Hu Xiaoqi, Hills Andrew P, Liu Ailing, Byrne Nuala M, Ma Guansheng   +7 more
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High waist circumference is a risk factor for hypertension in normal‐weight or overweight individuals with normal metabolic profiles

The Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 2022
This study aims to investigate the relationship between waist circumference and hypertension risk in normal‐weight/overweight individuals with normal cardiometabolic profiles. The authors included 7217 normal‐weight and overweight individuals with normal
Chen Cheng, Jin‐Yu Sun, Ying Zhou, Qi‐Yang Xie, Li‐Yuan Wang, Xiang‐Qing Kong, Wei Sun   +6 more
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Associations of waist circumference with sex steroid hormones among 4031 USA children and adolescents

Asian Journal of Andrology, 2023
In the recent decades, obesity rates among children and adolescents, especially males, have increased significantly. This worldwide phenomenon is thought to significantly affect the levels of sex hormones.
Zhong-Yuan Wang, Bao-Chao Li, Jia-Jun Xing, Shou-Yong Liu, Tong-Tong Zhang, Ai-Ming Xu, Zeng-Jun Wang   +6 more
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Body mass index a better predictor of insulin resistance than waist circumference in normoglycemics [PDF]

Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is the most common method of measuring obesity. Many studies have reported that waist circumference is a stronger predictor of insulin resistance in non-type 2 diabetes.
B.L. Preethi, K.M. Prasannakumar, Vijay Culmalgae   +2 more
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Personalised measures of obesity using waist to height ratios from an Australian health screening program

Digital Health, 2019
Objectives The aim of the current study is to generate waist circumference to height ratio cut-off values for obesity categories from a model of the relationship between body mass index and waist circumference to height ratio.
Herbert F Jelinek, Andrew Stranieri, Andrew Yatsko, Sitalakshmi Venkatraman   +3 more
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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, Ji Young Kang, Jick Hwan Ha, Jongmin Lee, Sung Kyoung Kim, Hwa Sik Moon, Sang Haak Lee   +6 more
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The Relationship of Waist Circumference with the Morbidity of Cardiovascular Diseases and All-Cause Mortality in Metabolically Healthy Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
Background: This study explores the relationship between waist circumference and morbidity of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and all-cause mortality in metabolically healthy individuals.
Yue Su, Jinyu Sun, Ying Zhou, Wei Sun
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Neck Circumference May Be a Better Alternative to Standard Anthropometric Measures

Journal of Diabetes Research, 2016
This paper evaluates neck circumference as a metabolic risk marker. Overweight/obese, nondiabetic Hispanics, 40–65 years old, who are free of major cardiovascular diseases, were recruited for the San Juan Overweight Adults Longitudinal Study (SOALS ...
Kaumudi Joshipura, Francisco Muñoz-Torres, José Vergara, Cristina Palacios, Cynthia M. Pérez   +4 more
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Association between waist circumference and chronic pain: insights from observational study and two-sample Mendelian randomization

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundCurrent 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, Fan Jin, Yeting Yu, Jie He, Ren Yang, Tian Lv, Zhangjun Yan   +6 more
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