Waist To Height Ratio (WHTR)
Independent and combined association of parity and short pregnancy with obesity and weight change among Indian women
... mm. Waist circumference and hip circumference were measured with a non stret- chable flexible steel tape to the nearest ...by height squared (kg/m 2 ), and categorized as normal ...as waist ...
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Body mass index and waist/height ratio for prediction of severity of coronary artery disease
... that waist to height ratio was the only anthrompometric index which had consistent association with cardiovascular risk ...the WHtR or WC may predict cardiovas- cular risk better than BMI or ...
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Optimal Adiposity Measurement and Risk Stratification in Established Ischaemic Stroke
... and Waist to height ratio (WHtR) did demonstrate a weaker predictive ability of cardiovascular risk, when the influence of age and sex were ...baseline waist to height ...
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Changes in daily steps and body mass index and waist to height ratio during four year follow up in adults: Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study
... and waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) in middle aged Finnish ...and waist-to-height ratio (WtHR) change values between the change groups in study ...
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Screening and Identifying Delhi school going adolescents (12-15 yrs) with Pre Hypertension and hypertension
... For WC, the tape was positioned at the midpoint of the last palpable rib and the top of the hip bone, making sure to wrap the tape over the same spot on the opposite side. Subject was made to stand with their feet ...
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Prediction of whole body fat percentage and visceral adipose tissue mass from five anthropometric variables
... Standing height was measured to the nearest ...squared height) (kg/m 2 ) with categories in accordance with the WHO [1] guidelines, more specifically obesity defined by a BMI 30 kg/m 2 .... Waist ...
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... reported Waist Circumference (WC), a marker for android obesity, to be better marker associated with elevated blood pressure than BMI ...Arabia Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR) was found to ...
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Cut Off Values of Visceral Fat Area and Waist to Height Ratio: Diagnostic Criteria for Obesity Related Disorders in Korean Children and Adolescents
... subjects’ height and weight were measured with a body- measuring device and an automatic balancer while the sub- jects were wearing light ...the waist circumfer- ence, the thinnest area between the inferior ...
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Clinical Profile of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly: A Study of 75 Patients
... This observation can be attributed to the so called ‘Asian Indian phenotype’ characterized by less of generalized obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) but greater central body obesity as shown by greater ...
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Effectiveness of Conventional Physiotherapy, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) and Low Volume High Intensity Interval Training (Low Volume HIIT) on Blood Pressure (BP), & Waist To Height Ratio(WHTR) in Primary Hypertensive Individuals: An Experimental study
... Statistical analysis was being done using SPSS software comprising paired ‘ t ’ test,one way Anova and post hoc tests.(bonferroni). within the three groups paired ‘t’ test was calculated(table and figure 1) for systolic ...
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Anthropometric measures and serum estrogen metabolism in postmenopausal women: the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study
... (GMs) in picomoles per liter of individual serum estro- gen/estrogen metabolite concentration by exposure categories were estimated using inverse probability weighted linear regression, adjusting for potential con- ...
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The Association between Visceral Fat, Dietary Patterns, and Comorbidities
... The effect of excess weight on chronic diseases and mortality has been well established. This study has been an attempt to see whether various distributions of adipose tissue might be associated with an increased risk of ...
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Body mass index, abdominal fatness and pancreatic cancer risk: a systematic review and non-linear dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.
... correlation between self-reported and measured height and weight (67;68). In addition, the results were very similar when studies were stratified by whether weight and height was measured or self-reported, ...
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Lipid profile in pregnancy
... increased waist circumference, increased waist to hip ratio, excessive body fat mass, increased plasma insulin levels, insulin resistance and atherogenic dyslipidemia with low levels of HDL and high ...
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... and WHtR between the y 2008 and 2013, and presented the changes as mean differences and 95% confidence interval by genders and whole-year age ...WC, WHtR and BMI were constructed by least mean squares (LMS) ...
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Waist–hip ratio and breast cancer risk in urbanized Nigerian women
... increasing height, waist circumference and obesity (BMI ≥ 30) were positively associated with breast cancer ...likelihood ratio test (LRT) for trend (P = ...
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Obesity: a Rationale Approach for a Family Physician
... as waist circumference and fasting triglyceride concentration can identify high risk obese men who would be carriers of the atherogenic ...“Hypertriglyceridemic waist” a new clinical phenotype defining high ...
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Influence of anthropometric factors on tumour biological characteristics of colorectal cancer in men and women: a cohort study
... Several anthropometric factors were significantly associ- ated with risk of beta-catenin positive CRC in both sexes; i.e. high weight, BMI and hip circumference in women, and high WHR and waist circumference in ...
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Lifestyle Trends and Obesity among College Going Girls of Delhi
... Background: Place of food preparation and hence consumption is an impor- tant determining factor for diet intake and consequently the risk for devel- opment of obesity. Aims: Present study attempts to examine dietary ...
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Anthropometric and biochemical markers of insulin resistance according to adipose tissue in overweight and obese patients: a cross sectional study
... and WHtR) together with the insulin curve (0-30 min) are valuable tools presenting a suitable correlation and ease of use, highly replicable, and of low cost in our setting, allowing clinicians to perform an ...
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