The Waist-Hip Ratio: A Flawed Index
Annals of Human Biology, 2020 The waist-hip ratio, namely waist circumference (WC) divided by hip circumference (HC), has been referred to in thousands of articles, generally as a correlate and predictor either of health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, or of amounts of visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat.
Richard F Burton
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Waist and Hip Circumferences and All-Cause Mortality: Usefulness of the Waist-to-Hip Ratio? [PDF]
International Journal of Obesity, 2004 To investigate whether waist and hip circumferences, in addition to body mass index (BMI), are related to all-cause mortality. We studied these associations and tested the usefulness of the waist-to-hip ratio for mortality prediction.A Danish prospective cohort study with data collected between 1993 and 1997.A total of 27 179 men and 29 875 women born ...
Kim Overvad, Anne Tjønneland
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Prevalence of high waist to hip ratio and its association with hypertension among married couples in India: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
American Journal of Preventive CardiologyThe study aims to explore the prevalence of high waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and examine its association with hypertension and various socio-demographic factors among Indian couples with a focus on health implications.
Rajeshwari A. Biradar +2 more
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Waist-to-height ratio is a better predictor of hypertension in women during recovery from anesthesia compared to BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist circumference [PDF]
HeliyonThis was an observational study of patients with benign breast tumors intended to investigate and compare the predictive value of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) for hypertension
Qinqin Cao +5 more
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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 ...
Cagla Ozdemir +2 more
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Biomedicines, 2022 Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with several other metabolic disorders, which are typically pro-inflammatory states. Body fat content is an important marker of metabolic health and abdominal fat is associated with harmful ...
Marta Borges-Canha +17 more
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High Sensitive C-reactive Protein Level in Relation to Increased Body Mass Index among Non-diabetic Non-hypertensive Women [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Introduction: An increased Body Mass Index (BMI) has an adverse effect on the socio-economic and healthcare sectors and may influence metabolic status. High sensitivity C-reactive Protein (hs-CRP) is an emerging biomarker.
Ghada A Elfadil +3 more
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Comparison of 3D laser-based photonic scans and manual anthropometric measurements of body size and shape in a validation study of 123 young Swiss men [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Manual anthropometric measurements are time-consuming and challenging to perform within acceptable intra- and inter-individual error margins in large studies.
Nikola Koepke +6 more
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Obesity and overall mortality: findings from the Jackson Heart Study
BMC Public Health, 2021 Background Overall mortality has been reported to be lower among individuals classified as overweight/obese when compared with their normal weight counterparts (“obesity paradox”) when obesity classification is based on the body mass index (BMI).
Yuan-I Min +4 more
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Jurnal Kedokteran Diponegoro, 2022 It is imperative to improve Indonesia's achievement in sprint category using an indicator according to talent scouting. The running speed of those with excessive body fat is slower. The distribution of body fat, especially in the area of abdomen and hip,
Niken Ayu Dewi Masitoh +3 more
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