• This has led to an increasing evidence for abdominal obesity indices such as waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as predictors of CVD [ 16 , 17 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • A physical examination included measurements of height, weight, neck circumference, waist and hip ratio, visual evaluation of the tonsils and the degree of adenoid obstruction. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Upon adjusting for confounders, those in the highest tertiles of BCAA intake exhibited an increase in weight, BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and fat-free mass (FFM). (biomedcentral.com)
  • To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and various measurements such as waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) in obese children. (annexpublishers.co)
  • Unfortunately, accurate measurement of the body fat percentage is much more difficult than measurement of BMI [ 6 ].Thus, many researches recommend other obesity measurements including waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and skinfold thickness [ 5 , 7 ]. (annexpublishers.co)
  • Given that your Body Mass Index measurement can be misleading if you have different body types and shapes, scientists and researchers have invented a more accurate measurement of your body fat distribution by measuring your waist circumference (WC) and waist-hip ratio. (healthjade.com)
  • Another reason why waist-hip-ratio is important to your health is that your health is not only affected by excess body fat, but also by where the fat is located . (healthjade.com)
  • The waist hip ratio has been used as an indicator or measure of health and the risk of developing serious health conditions. (healthjade.com)
  • The Waist-Hip Ratio has been shown to be a better predictor of mortality and morbidity after certain surgery than body mass index (BMI) or body surface area. (healthjade.com)
  • The researchers found those who had a normal body mass index but central obesity - a high waist-to-hip ratio - had the highest cardiovascular death risk and the highest death risk from all causes. (healthjade.com)
  • 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. (imed.pub)
  • Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity. (imed.pub)
  • Relation of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study. (imed.pub)
  • Kuba VM, Leone C, Damiani D. Is waist-to-height ratio a useful indicator of cardio-metabolic risk in 6-10-year-old children? (imed.pub)
  • Waist-to-Height Ratio, a useful index to identify high metabolic risk in overweight children. (imed.pub)
  • Circumference With Hypertension and Diabetes in African American Women, South Carolina, 2007-2009. (cdc.gov)
  • After controlling for all variables, waist circumference was independently associated with a 5-fold risk in hypertension and diabetes in African American women. (cdc.gov)
  • We hypothesize that the risk of hypertension and diabetes would be higher for women with larger waist circumference, independent of sociodemographic and health-related variables. (cdc.gov)
  • Une recherche documentaire a été effectuée dans PubMed de 1980 à 2021 en utilisant diverses combinaisons de termes MeSH comme tabac, diabète, hypertension, dyslipidémie, trouble dépressif majeur, trouble bipolaire, schizophrénie. (bvsalud.org)
  • The surgical time and intra-abdominal pressures throughout the surgery were similar in the two groups. (ac.ir)
  • However, animal or mainly attributed to the accumulation ing prevalence of uncontrolled weight genetic studies, studies not relevant of intra-abdominal (visceral) fat ( 13 ). (who.int)
  • Blood pressure, anthropometrics, and biochemical indices were measured. (hindawi.com)
  • Lee CMY, Huxley RR, Wildman RP, Woodward M. Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis. (imed.pub)
  • They all undergo a wide range of measures to assess cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. (scielosp.org)
  • The severity of having one or more aggregated cardiovascular risk factors for metabolic syndrome is known as the metabolic syndrome severity (MetSS), and can be measured with the metabolic syndrome severity score (MetSSS). (biomedcentral.com)
  • We conducted a screening study of diabetes and diabetes al health than does the general Canadian population (1), complications in 2003, from which we drew a representa- specifical y in terms of chronic diseases, chronic disease tive sample of Manitoba First Nation adults (N = 483). (cdc.gov)
  • A simple test of blood sugar measured after an overnight fast, this is a measure particularly good at picking up diabetes. (whitelotusclinic.ca)
  • Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common complication during pregnancy and is defined as any degree of glucose intolerance with onset or first recognition during pregnancy. (e-dmj.org)
  • Once the diagnosis of diabetes is established in a pregnant woman, continued testing for glycemic control and diabetic complications is indicated for the remainder of the pregnancy. (medscape.com)
  • From the abstract: ' In our study, all of the 203 young adults with abdominal obesity had some rare variant in the genes associated with obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • Prevalence of obesity-related comorbidities is also high techniques were used to obtain anthropometric measures among Canadian First Nation people. (cdc.gov)
  • A real-life retrospective trial aimed to determine predictive factors for PCH and verify its prevalence changes over time. (scielo.org)
  • Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness (SFT) and visceral fat thickness (VFT) were assessed by high-resolution B-mode ultrasonography (US). (biomedcentral.com)
  • A previous study in a sample of middle-aged men and women found that higher amounts of subcutaneous abdominal fat are associated with lower levels of subclinical atherosclerosis[ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), an unpleasant complication following anaesthesia and surgery has various components such as nausea, retching and vomiting. (ac.ir)
  • Addition of buprenorphine to intrathecal Isobaric Levobupivacaine prolonged the duration and quality of postoperative analgesia after lower abdominal surgery. (ac.ir)
  • Waist circumference also assumes greater value for estimating risk for obesity-related disease at older ages. (healthjade.com)
  • In the clinical examination, measure anthropometric parameters and perform the standard, detailed examination required in evaluating patients with any chronic, multisystem disorder, such as obesity. (medscape.com)
  • Some assessments including anthropometric assessment, casual blood pressure (BP) measure, and ankle-brachial index (ABI) have established clinical application. (scielosp.org)
  • The use of targeted sequencing and clinical criteria makes it possible to identify carriers of rare clinically significant variants in a wide range of obesity-associated genes and to investigate their influence on phenotypic manifestations of abdominal obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • Neck circumference is predictive of a risk of sleep apnea, and its serial measurement in the individual patient is clinically useful for risk stratification. (medscape.com)
  • Rear impacts corresponding to rigid seatback tests without a head restraint produced lower neck extension moments that increased dramatically with test severity, as measured by increasing delta-V and/or decreasing pulse duration. (lookformedical.com)
  • concentration of fat in the abdominal region has a Obesity and even overweight are generally higher predictive sensitivity for diseases and health not difficult to recognise, but a more accurate problems. (bvsalud.org)
  • Waist circumference is associated with length of incarceration and directly influences the development of chronic noncommunicable diseases. (scielo.org)
  • Municipalities should plan actions to expand the coverage and quality of antenatal care in order to prevent premature births and avoid diseases and health complications for mothers and babies. (scielo.org)
  • However, an increase in the waist circumference is accompanied by a disproportionately greater increase in fat mass compared to lean mass, which could indicate an additional risk factor for future chronic diseases. (imed.pub)
  • The associations of the BMI scores with the WHtR and WC indicated that obesity mainly presents as abdominal obesity in children. (annexpublishers.co)
  • HC, WHtR, and WC may be used as alternative parameters for measuring obesity, with considerations of age and gender. (annexpublishers.co)
  • It measures the percentage of blood sugar attached to hemoglobin (the protein which carries oxygen in your blood cells). (whitelotusclinic.ca)
  • Take for example, basketball player Michael Jordan: When MJ was in his prime, his BMI was 27-29, classifying him as overweight, yet his waist size was less than 30. (healthjade.com)
  • Research shows that people with "apple-shaped" bodies (with more weight around the waist) face more health risks associated with being overweight than those with "pear-shaped" bodies who carry more weight around the hips. (healthjade.com)
  • The table below incorporates both BMI and waist circumference in the classification of overweight and obesity, and provides an indication of disease risk. (healthjade.com)
  • For the metabolic syndrome in which multiple mild abnormalities in lipids, waist size (abdominal circumference), blood pressure, and blood sugar increase the risk of CHD, the designated HDL cholesterol levels that contribute to the syndrome are sex-specific. (medscape.com)
  • In patients with chronic kidney disease, metabolic syndrome has been demonstrated to be the culprit behind diverse complications. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Extraesophageal symptoms and complications will be addressed as will the evaluation and management of refractory GERD. (gastroscan.ru)
  • A search of OVID Medline, Pubmed and ISI Web of Science was conducted for the years from 1960 2011 using the following major search terms and subheadings including heartburn , acid regurgitation , GERD , lifestyle interventions , proton pump inhibitor (PPI) , endoscopic surgery, extraesophageal symptoms, Nissen fundoplication, and GERD complications. (gastroscan.ru)
  • Have you assumed that psychiatric conditions can drive weight gain and its downstream complications? (psychiatrist.com)
  • The weight, height and waist circumference of each child were measured. (bvsalud.org)
  • 95%). Height and weight were measured, body mass index (BMI), fat free mass (FFM), total body water (TBW), body fat mass (BFM), percentage of body fat (%BF), skeletal muscle mass (SMM), FFM of both upper limbs and lower limbs and FFM of trunk were estimated according to In-body 270. (preprints.org)
  • Some people gain weight in their abdominal regions (the so-called "apple" body shape. (healthjade.com)
  • To determine variations, treatment kinetics, and predictive value of IFN-γ levels during treatment of active tuberculosis. (nigeriamedj.com)
  • Complications occurring during admission and mortality during hospital stays were also evaluated. (hindawi.com)
  • Considerable attention has been given to waist circumference as a complementary (10) and, in some cases, superior (8) assessment to BMI. (cdc.gov)
  • Innovative approaches were developed for assessing the ankle-brachial index using an automatic device instead of the mercury column to measure blood pressure and for assessing the anterior-posterior diameter of the right lobe of the liver by ultrasound for quantitative assessment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. (scielosp.org)
  • Over the past few decades, researchers have been making great efforts to find better measurements for obesity and its complications. (annexpublishers.co)
  • Both of the previous methods seek to measure overall body density. (bodybuilding.com)
  • The arm circumference as a public health index of protein-calorie malnutrition of early childhood. (imed.pub)
  • A sugary liquid is consumed and blood sugar levels are then measured at intervals over the next two hours. (whitelotusclinic.ca)
  • For better prevention and intervention, relevant guidelines recommend using predictive models for early detection of ASCVD high-risk groups. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We found that CALERIE intervention slowed the pace of aging, as measured by the DunedinPACE DNAm algorithm, but did not lead to significant changes in biological age estimates measured by various DNAm clocks including PhenoAge and GrimAge. (cdc.gov)
  • Measuring body fat can be cumbersome (ie, measuring the percentage of body fat). (psychiatrist.com)
  • Body fat is then calculated based on accepted values for the density of fat and lean tissue to identify the percentage of body fat that will produce the overall measured density 6,34 . (bodybuilding.com)
  • Introduction-Le diabète est un véritable problème de santé publique du fait de ses nombreuses complications potentielles, notamment cardiovasculaires. (bvsalud.org)
  • From these results, farmers can utilize accurate measures of fat which will enhance nutritional and management practices. (preprints.org)
  • Researchers used ERP tests to measure cognitive flexibility in adolescents who played computer and video games. (pokerglactic.xyz)
  • GDM is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and long-term offspring and maternal complications. (e-dmj.org)