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The association between waist circumference, weight-adjusted waist index, waist-to-height ratio and waist divided by height0.5 and the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes

BMC Public Health
Background The waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist divided by height0.5(WHT.5R), and weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) are four anthropometric indices evaluating obesity, but the association with cardiovascular diseases in ...
Jinhao Liao, Linjie Wang, Lian Duan, Fengying Gong, Huijuan Zhu, Hui Pan, Hongbo Yang   +6 more
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Is weight-adjusted waist index more strongly associated with diabetes than body mass index and waist circumference?: Results from the database large community sample study.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundThe uncertainty regarding the correlation between the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and diabetes within the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) necessitates further exploration.
Jiabei Wu, Jinli Guo
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Association of changes in waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio and weight-adjusted-waist index with multimorbidity among older Chinese adults: results from the Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey (CLHLS)

BMC Public Health
Background The association of changes in waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI) with subsequent risk of multimorbidity remains unclear among older Chinese adults.
Zi-Ting Chen, Xiao-Meng Wang, Yi-Shi Zhong, Wen-Fang Zhong, Wei-Qi Song, Xian-Bo Wu   +5 more
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Relationship between weight-adjusted waist circumference index and prevalence of gallstones in U.S. adults: a study based on the NHANES 2017-2020. [PDF]

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne), 2023
ObjectiveWe aimed to assess the association between weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) and gallstone prevalence in US adults.MethodsWe selected individuals from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database from 2017 to 2020 and used logistic regression analyses, subgroup analyses, and dose-response curves to ...
Ke B, Sun Y, Dai X, Gui Y, Chen S.
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The association between the weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) and thyroid function: an NHANES study. [PDF]

Hormones (Athens)
Abstract Introduction Obesity has become a significant global public health issue that seriously threatens the health of more than one billion individuals worldwide. The weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) is a novel adiposity indicator calculated as waist circumference (cm) divided by the square
Ding Q, Li K, Lin S, Qiu R, Wu G.
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Potential Value of Weight-Adjusted Waist Circumference Index in Estimating the Prevalence of Prehypertension and Hypertension in an Elderly Chinese Population. [PDF]

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
ABSTRACT To determine the correlation between weight‐adjusted‐waist index (WWI) with prehypertension and hypertension in the general population. This cross‐sectional study was conducted from September 13, 2023 to November 30, 2023 and included 4885 permanent residents in Zhejiang Province.
Zhu R, Du Z, Lin X, Wang Z, Guo X.
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Weight-adjusted waist circumference index and chronic diseases as predictors of depression risk in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study with mediation analysis. [PDF]

Front Nutr
ObjectiveThis study aimed to examine the association between the weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) and the risk of depression in U.S. adults, as well as the potential mediating roles of chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, stroke, and coronary heart disease) in this relationship.MethodsData from 7,709 adults aged 20–80 years in the ...
Guo Y, Song M, Wang C.
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Association between weight-adjusted waist circumference index and depression in older patients with hypertension: a study based on NHANES 2007-2016. [PDF]

Front Public Health
ObjectiveOur aim was to assess the relationship between weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) and the prevalence of depression in older adult hypertensive patients in the United States.MethodsWe selected individuals from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database from 2007 to 2016 and used logistic regression ...
Niu Y, Sun Y, Xie Y, Yu S.
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Weight-adjusted waist circumference index with hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in adult females: a cross-sectional, nationally representative study (NHANES 2017-2020). [PDF]

BMC Gastroenterol
Obesity is detrimental to liver health. Weight-adjusted waist circumference (WWI) is a new indicator of obesity that is superior to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in predicting obesity. There are limited studies on the relationship between Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MASLD) and WWI.
Lian YE, Wang Y, Yang Y, Chen J.
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Role of weight-adjusted waist circumference index and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio in prediabetes risk: A mediation analysis. [PDF]

PLoS One
Objective This study aims to investigate the prevalence of prediabetes among U.S. adults using NHANES 2017–2023 data, explore the relationship between the weight-adjusted waist circumference index (WWI) and the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and the risk of prediabetes, and provide a ...
Mi W, Wang C.
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