Waist/Height Ratio:
Which is a better marker for overweight: waist height ratio or waist circumference?
... proposed waist height ratio values below ...mean waist height ratio of ...that waist circumference is the best predictor of hyperglycemia with optimal cutoffs as 85 for ...
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Waist‑height ratio and waist are the best estimators of visceral fat in type 1 diabetes
... (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist‑hip ratio (WHR), waist‑height ratio (WHtR) and a body shape index (ABSI) to capture measures of body composition from 603 ...
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Recent Trends in Waist Circumference and Waist-Height Ratio Among US Children and Adolescents
... METHODS. Representative samples of the civilian, noninstitutionalized US population from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted during 4 time periods, 1988 –1994 (ie, National Health and Nutrition ...
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Use of Waist Height Ratio in Identifying Cardiovascular Risk Factors
... Waist/Height ratio is the newer parameter taken in our study, its effectiveness is studied and compared with other parameters like BMI and waist ...for Waist/Height ratio ...
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Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and waist-height ratio percentiles and central obesity among Pakistani children aged five to twelve years
... Muhammad Umair Mushtaq 1,2* , Sibgha Gull 1 , Hussain Muhammad Abdullah 1 , Ubeera Shahid 1 , Mushtaq Ahmad Shad 2 and Javed Akram 1 Abstract Background: Central obesity has been associated with the risk of ...
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Serum Leptin Level and Its Association with Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Waist Hip Ratio and Waist Height Ratio
... index, Waist hip ratio and Waist height ...Kg), height (in cms) waist circumference (in cms) and hip circumference (in cms) were ...BMI, waist hip ratio and ...
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Body mass index and waist/height ratio for prediction of severity of coronary artery disease
... body height was taken in the standing position without ...(CAG). Waist circumference (WC) was measured at the mid-point between the distal border of the ribs and the top of the iliac crest with subjects ...
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Waist height ratio predicts chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 1998–2019
... words: waist height ratio, waist-stature ratio, chronic kidney disease, chronic renal disease, and receiver oper- ating characteristic curve ...
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<p>Relation of personality factors and life events to waist/height ratio and percentage of visceral fat in women and men</p>
... Waist/height ratio and Percentage of the visceral fat. It means that men with higher Reward dependence are more prone to be overweight. The “ sensitivity to reward ” , was found as a risk factor in ...
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Association of Waist-Height-Ratio, Waist Circumference, and Body Mass Index with Serum Testosterone Level in Apparently Healthy Men
... that waist circumference (WC) may be a better predictor of serum testosterone level than body mass index ...the waist-to-height ratio (WHt ratio) is reported to have certain advantages ...
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Waist to Height Ratio as an Index for Cardiometabolic Risk in Adolescents: Results from the 1998 2008 KNHANES
... the waist/height ratio in the cardiometabolic risk assessment of children classified by body mass ...the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for ...
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Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio as Indicators for Excess Adiposity in Adolescents
... weight, height, age, and sex (Manualslib ...to waist circum- ference (Kyle et al. 2014). Therefore, waist cir- cumference (WC) has been used as an alternative to define body fat ...Recently, ...
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Waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio and waist-to-height ratio reference percentiles for abdominal obesity among Greek adolescents
... plane. Waist and hip circumfer- ences were measured twice using inextensible anthropo- metric tape with the adolescents standing erect and relaxed with arms at the sides and feet positioned close ...together. ...
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A new waist-to-height ratio predicts abdominal adiposity in adults.
... including waist circumference (WC), waist to height ratio (WHTR) and a Body Shape Index (ABSI) as defined by Krakauer and Krakauer ...consequence, waist circumference (WC) has ...
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Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are associated with periodontal pocketing—results of the Health 2000 Survey
... as waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio, which indirectly takes into account visceral fat, are more accurate measures of obesity- related oral health risks than ...
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Predicting cardiometabolic risk: waist-to-height ratio or BMI. A meta-analysis
... risk: waist-to-height ratio or BMi In an effort to optimize identification of high-risk individuals, new indices are proposed, such as the Body Shape ...account height, which is important ...
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Waist-To-Height Ratio, Lean Mass and Fat Mass in Preschool Children
... Objective: To analyse the relationship between the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and other body composition indicators in children aged 2-6 years at public childcare centres. Methods: This study ...
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Relationship between Glucose Level, Lipid Profiles, and Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR)
... weight, height, and waist and hip circumference. Height was measured accordingly and followed methods as described by Gibson [15], using a Seca Bodymeter (Model 201, Germany) to the nearest ...[17]. ...
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Ethnic differences in the association between waist-to-height ratio and albumin-creatinine ratio: the observational SUNSET study
... albumin-creatinine ratio appeared slightly stronger among the Hindustani-Surinamese than among the other ethnic ...by height (in part) counter- acts the higher risk associated with smaller waist ...
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Waist Circumference, Waist-to- Height Ratio and Body Mass Index of Thai Children: Secular Changes and Updated Reference Standards
... in waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio across all age groups and in both genders and a trend of increasing BMI in some age ...
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