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Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Guidelines differ about the value of assessment of adiposity measures for cardiovascular disease risk prediction when information is available for other risk factors. We studied the separate and combined associations of body-mass index (BMI),
Nordestgaard, Borge G.   +218 more
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MARKERS EFFICIENCY OF VISCERAL OBESITY DETECTION IN MEN WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME

open access: yesСибирский научный медицинский журнал, 2019
The purpose of the study was to carry out comparative and quantitative assessment of surrogate markers of visceral obesity and their connection with the severity of clinical, biochemical and hormonal disorders in men with the metabolic syndrome and ...
D. A. Deev   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJurnal 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term risk of incident type 2 diabetes and measures of overall and regional obesity: the EPIC-InterAct case-cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may add to the prediction of type 2 diabetes (T2D), but previous studies have been too small to reliably quantify the relative and absolute risk of future ...
Balkau, B   +249 more
core   +1 more source

Waist circumference cut-off values for the prediction of cardiovascular risk factors clustering in Chinese school-aged children: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC 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   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

High waist circumference is a risk factor for hypertension in normal‐weight or overweight individuals with normal metabolic profiles

open access: yesThe 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   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparing Trends in BMI and Waist Circumference [PDF]

open access: yesObesity, 2011
The nature of excess body weight may be changing over time to one of greater central adiposity. The aim of this study is to determine whether BMI and waist circumference (WC) are increasing proportionately among population subgroups and the range of bodyweight, and to examine the public health implications of the findings.
Walls, H.   +6 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Cut-off points for anthropometric indices of adiposity: differential classification in a large population of young women

open access: yes, 2009
Anthropometric indices of adiposity include BMI, waist circumference and waist:height ratio. In the recruitment phase of a prospective cohort study carried out between 1998 and 2002 we studied a population sample of 11 786 white Caucasian non-pregnant ...
Jackson, Alan A.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Reference curves for BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio for Azorean adolescents (Portugal) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
ObjectiveThere are no percentile curves for BMI, waist circumference (WC) or waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) available for Portuguese children and adolescents. The purpose of the present study was to develop age- and sex-specific BMI, WC and WHtR percentile
Moreira, Carla   +38 more
core   +1 more source

Body mass index a better predictor of insulin resistance than waist circumference in normoglycemics [PDF]

open access: yesAl 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   +2 more
doaj  

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