Waist-Hip Ratio
Comparing the Accuracy of Waist-Hip Ratio Calculation by the BIA device versus the Manual Method
... the Waist-Hip Ratio is considered one of the most important indices in predicting the risk of cardiovascular ...the waist and hip circumferences with a measuring ...this 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
... Obesity is a global epidemic and children are the worst affected with an estimated ten percent of school-aged children being overweight and one quarter of these being obese worldwide [1]. Childhood obesity epidemic is ...
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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 ...cms) waist circumference (in cms) and hip circumference (in cms) were ...BMI, waist hip ratio and waist ...
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Waist–hip ratio and breast cancer risk in urbanized Nigerian women
... Tables 1 and 2 present the results of age-adjusted analy- sis. Increasing age and age at first full-term pregnancy were positively associated with risk of breast cancer, while increasing age at onset of menarche was ...
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Inflammatory status in older women with and without metabolic syndrome: is there a correlation with risk factors?
... The anthropometric, biochemical, inflammatory, and blood pressure parameters of the groups of older women with and without MetS are presented in Table 1. There was no difference between the groups regarding age (P = ...
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Obesity indices predict hypertension among indigenous adults in Krau Wildlife Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia
... (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-height ratio (WHtR), are commonly used as a proxy measure of ...
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Factors Associated with Smoking Behaviors among Military Cadets of King Khalid Military Academy (KKMA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2015-2016)
... Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder, and has become major cause of disease burden worldwide. Type 2 Diabetes is a preventable disease and its pre-screening can be of great help in preventing the ...
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The Association between Visceral Fat, Dietary Patterns, and Comorbidities
... percentage, Waist Circumference, Hip Circumference and Waist/Hip Ratio indicating abdominal ...BMI, waist and hip circumference, values of LDL, TG, TC and HDL than males ...
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Neck circumference measurement as a screening tool for obesity in children
... are waist circumference (WC), waist/hip ratio (WHR), sagital abdominal circumference, etc, and skinfold thickness like triceps/subscapular skinfold thickness are measures of subcutaneous ...
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A Study of Cognitive Evoked Potentials and Serum Leptin Levels in Young Obese Individuals
... Comparison of the measures of obesity Waist Circumference, Hip Circumference and Waist Hip Ratio between the two study groups Comparison of the Serum Leptin levels between the two study [r] ...
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Body composition and ankle-brachial index in Ghanaians with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in a tertiary hospital
... Obesity, characterized by excess body fat, is recognized as important factor for development of CVDs [6] includ- ing PAD [7]. Obesity is assessed as body mass index (BMI) for generalized adiposity, and waist ...
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PubMedCentral-PMC4980192.pdf
... weight, waist circumference in ARIC, waist-hip ratio, and calf circumference (measured in ARIC only), but not height in either cohort and not waist circumference in the older CHS ...
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Comparative associations between anthropometric and bioelectric impedance analysis derived adiposity measures with blood pressure and hypertension in India: a cross-sectional analysis
... HC: Hip circumference; ISHA: Indian study on health of adults; LMIC: Low and middle-income countries; MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; PR: Prevalence ratio; ROC: Receiver operating characteristic; SBP: ...
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Association between obesity indices and cardiovascular risk factors in late adolescence in the Seychelles
... (BMI), waist circumference, waist/hip ratio (WHiR), waist/height ratio (WHtR) and percent fat mass (by bioimpedance) and 6 CVRFs (blood pressure, LDL-cholesterol, ...
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Visceral Fat Mass Has Stronger Associations with Diabetes and Prediabetes than Other Anthropometric Obesity Indicators among Korean Adults
... index, waist circumference, waist-height ratio, waist-hip ratio, waist-thigh ratio, and visceral fat were used as measures of ...
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Republihsed article: Oxidative Stress in Relation to Obesity Indices in Gujarati and Non-Gujarati Young Girls Before and After Fiber Diet
... to waist hip ratio categories it was significant for the obese ...high waist circumference, waist hip ratio, body mass index > 25 kg/m 2 showed quite high values of ...
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ANTHROPOMETRY AND DIABETIC CONTROL IN PAKISTANDr. Nadia Jawad , Dr. Shabnam Naveed , Dr. Zeeshan Ali 2*, Dr. Saira Jafri, Dr. S. Masroor Ahmad & Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Qutrio Baloch DOWNLOAD/VIEW
... [6]. Waist circumference related to BMI, hip measurement or height, certainly values more for quantifying central obesity than the waist circumference alone mainly due to population and ethnicity ...
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... Arm, Waist Circumference (WC), HC (Hip Circumference), WHR (Waist Hip Ratio), SKF(Skin Fold Thickness of Biceps, Triceps, Sub scapular, suprailiac and cumulative), Percentage body fat ...
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<p>Systemic Inflammation Mediates the Associations Between Abdominal Obesity Indices and Lung Function Decline in a Chinese General Population</p>
... and hip circumference at the maximum circumference of the ...the hip circumference in centimeters, while WHtR was calculated as the WC in centimeters divided by the height in centi- ...
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Analysis of Pulmonary Function Test on various categories of BMI
... the hip & thigh doesn‟t have any direct mechanical ...using waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, abdominal height and thoraxic or upper body fat measurement using sub scapular ...
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