• Waist circumference measures the accumulation of fat around the abdominal area (central adiposity). (medicscientist.com)
  • More than twenty-five years ago, waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) was first suggested as a simple health risk assessment tool because it is a proxy for 'harmful' central adiposity and a boundary value of 0.5 was proposed to indicate increased risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • The October 2022 NICE guidelines have suggested boundary values for WHtR (defining the degree of central adiposity) as follows: healthy central adiposity: waist-to-height ratio 0.4 to 0.49, indicating no increased health risks increased central adiposity: waist-to-height ratio 0.5 to 0.59, indicating increased health risks high central adiposity: waist-to-height ratio 0.6 or more, indicating further increased health risks. (wikipedia.org)
  • The health risks associated with higher levels of central adiposity include type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, degree of correlation between waist circum- studies on the efficacy of anthropometric ference measurements of a sample of techniques for identifying children with Egyptian schoolchildren with their adipo- high central adiposity are scare. (who.int)
  • Central adiposity (excess fat around the waist) is known to be more detrimental to health than fat distributed in other areas of the body. (puredripiv.com)
  • A higher WHR indicates central adiposity, which is associated with increased health risks. (puredripiv.com)
  • A total of 1224 women were referred tion of intra-abdominal or visceral fat than during the study period. (who.int)
  • One is waist circumference (WC), a measure of truncal fat that includes the visceral (intra-abdominal) depot. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Central fatness, mostly intra-abdominal circumference is a better index of android fat, is medically more important than (abdominal) obesity than waist-to-hip ratio subcutaneous fat in the trunk. (who.int)
  • The use of WC and WHtR provides the advantage in that the indexes are good predictors of intra-abdominal fat deposition and are related to the development of cardiovascular risk factor [17-19] Previous reports have also indicated the trunk skinfold as the sensitive tool to detect metabolic abnormalities in children and adolescents [4,20]. (scirp.org)
  • This study evaluated the association between adiposity indices, selenium status, and oxidative stress in obese women. (bvsalud.org)
  • Particularly, according to sex and age range, the predictive emergent anthropometric indices in men were the body shape index (ABSI) and waist to height cubic (W/Ht 3 ) (AUC = 0.777 and 0.771, respectively), whereas in women, the predictors were CI and ABSI (AUC = 0.737 and 0.729, respectively). (hindawi.com)
  • To compare the general adiposity index (BMI) with abdominal obesity indices (waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)) in order to examine the best predictor of cardiometabolic risk factors among Hispanics living in Puerto Rico. (cambridge.org)
  • Established indices of adiposity include BMI, waist circumference (WC), and waist-hip ratio (WHR). (pace-cme.org)
  • In the last years, novel indices of adiposity have been introduced that are also easy to measure and calculate, but better reflect the body fat distribution and total fat mass than the traditional indices. (pace-cme.org)
  • This study investigated the association between multiple indices of adiposity (BMI, WC, WHR. (pace-cme.org)
  • These measures were used to calculate the different indices of adiposity. (pace-cme.org)
  • Associations of adiposity indices with incident HF were analyzed. (pace-cme.org)
  • Amongst investigated adiposity indices, RFM showed the strongest association with incident HF (HR 1.67 per 1 SD increase, 95% CI 1.37-2.04). (pace-cme.org)
  • All adiposity indices were similarly associated with incident HF in men and women. (pace-cme.org)
  • All adiposity indices were similarly associated with incident HFpEF in both sexes. (pace-cme.org)
  • Addition of all adiposity indices, except BSI, substantially improved the fit of a clinical HF model by reducing the prediction error. (pace-cme.org)
  • However, none of the adiposity indices improved discrimination of HF. (pace-cme.org)
  • This study assessed the association between multiple novel and established indices of adiposity and the risk of incident HF in community-dwelling individuals. (pace-cme.org)
  • A person's waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), occasionally written WtHR or called waist-to-stature ratio (WSR), is defined as their waist circumference divided by their height, both measured in the same units. (wikipedia.org)
  • The WHtR is a measure of the distribution of body fat. (wikipedia.org)
  • Boundary values were first suggested for WHtR in 1996 to reflect health implications and were portrayed on a simple chart of waist circumference against height. (wikipedia.org)
  • WHtR is a proxy for central (visceral or abdominal) adiposity: values of WHtR are significantly correlated with direct measures of central (visceral or abdominal) adiposity using techniques such as CT, MRI or DEXA. (wikipedia.org)
  • WHtR is an indicator of 'early health risk': several systematic reviews and meta-analyses of data in adults of all ages, as well as in children and adolescents, have supported the superiority of WHtR over the use of BMI and waist circumference in predicting early health risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a comprehensive narrative review, Yoo concluded that "additional use of WHtR with BMI or WC may be helpful because WHtR considers both height and central obesity. (wikipedia.org)
  • Traditional markers such as waist to height ratio (WHtR) have shown higher sensitivity than the body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in the evaluation of the CVR [ 12 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • We sought in this study to assess if LAP can outperform BMI, waist-to-height-ratio (WHtR), or waist-to-hip-ratio (WHpR) in identifying prevalent and predicting incident diabetes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 50 years) - and sex-specific analyses, odds ratios (ORs) of LAP for prevalent diabetes were higher than those of BMI, WHpR, or WHtR among women, after adjustment for mean arterial pressure and family history of diabetes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Results: Mean values of WC, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) of boys were not different from those of girls. (scirp.org)
  • Overall obesity and abdominal obesity were assessed by body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). (escholarship.org)
  • 1 ]. A central fat pattern has adverse health - abdominal fat), abdominal subcutaneous implications in both children and adults. (who.int)
  • 0,001) y estaba relacionada con la edad, el sobrepeso y la obesidad abdominal. (isciii.es)
  • el sobrepeso y la obesidad son enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ECNT) que en la actualidad poseen dimensiones pandémicas y se constituyen en importantes factores de riesgo cardiometabólicos para el desarrollo de otras ECNT. (revistanutricionclinicametabolismo.org)
  • But abdominal adiposity has been shown to be more closely linked with adverse metabolic consequences and has been suggested to precede insulin resistance [ 9 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, even in the absence of the hyperglycaemic state which characterizes type 2 diabetic patients, non diabetic individuals with a specific form of obesity, named abdominal obesity, often show clustering metabolic abnormalities which include high triglyceride levels, increased apolipoprotein B, small dense low density lipoproteins and decreased high density lipoproteins-cholesterol levels, a hyperinsulinemic-insulin resistant state, alterations in coagulation factors as well as an inflammatory profile. (researchgate.net)
  • This agglomeration of abnormalities has been referred to as the metabolic syndrome which can be identified by the presence of three of the five following variables: abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride concentrations, low HDL-cholesterol levels, increased blood pressure and elevated fasting glucose. (researchgate.net)
  • Metabolic syndrome linked to abdominal obesity is also predictive of recurrent coronary events both in post-myocardial infarction patients and among coronary artery disease men who underwent a revascularization procedures. (researchgate.net)
  • It is suggested that until the epidemic progression of obesity is stopped and obesity prevented or at least properly managed, cardiologists will be confronted to an evolving contribution of risk factors where smoking, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension may be relatively less prevalent but at the expense of a much greater contribution of abdominal obesity and related features of the metabolic syndrome. (researchgate.net)
  • A proportionately larger waist might point towards an imbalance that could lead to insulin resistance and other metabolic challenges. (ouishave.com)
  • Multivariate logistic regression was performed to evaluate the association of dietary patterns, anthropometric measurements, and metabolic parameters with C-reactive protein (CRP) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) in men and women with metabolic syndrome. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We therefore believed that an exami- lar risk [ 3 ] and increased risk of metabolic nation of waist circumference in a group complications [ 4 ]. (who.int)
  • of PRT on circulating adiponectin and the physiological role Moreover, it is known that an excess of abdominal adipose tis- of adiponectin on the improvement of metabolic and cardio- sue is a better predictor of the development of insulin resistance, vascular risk factors with either body or fat mass loss are as yet type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease than the total amount incompletely understood (1,13). (hmamedicalclinic.com)
  • This could yield highly favorable changes in circulating anthropometric variables adiponectin and, as a result, to the metabolic and cardio- Height of the barefoot subjects was measured to the nearest 0.1 cm. vascular risk. (hmamedicalclinic.com)
  • These observations reinforce the with less favourable patterns of serum importance of using waist circumference in lipoprotein concentrations, increased blood clinical practice [ 10 ]. (who.int)
  • We evaluated the associations between serum 25(OH)D and multiple measurements of adiposity, serum lipid concentrations, fasting glucose and insulin resistance in children aged 6-18 years with adjustments for multiple covariates. (vitamindwiki.com)
  • In addition, the body adiposity index (BAI), abdominal volume index (AVI), body shape index (ABSI), or conicity index (CI) could have a predictive ability for evaluating HTN [ 16 - 19 ], while the ponderal index (PI) could do the same for preHTN [ 20 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • It has been suggested that high ABSI relates to a greater fraction of abdominal adipose tissue and appears to be a significant risk factor for premature death [ 21 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • At multiple regression, IMT was predicted, other than by age, by the amount of the visceral adiposity, expressed as visceral adipose tissue at ultrasonography, and by serum eotaxin. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Abdominal adiposity is a risk factor for obesity-related complications, and there is increasing evidence that abdominal adiposity may be a contributing factor to complications not related to adiposity at the waist (4,5). (cdc.gov)
  • The body mass index (BMI) is the most commonly used marker for evaluating obesity related risks, however, central obesity measures have been proposed to be more informative. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Lipid accumulation product (LAP) is an alternative continuous index of lipid accumulation, which is computed from waist circumference (WC, cm) and triglycerides (TGs, mmol/l): (WC-65) ×TG (men) and (WC-58) ×TG (women). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Lipid accumulation should be defined and measured specifically in those contexts where accumulation may represent a physiologic danger [ 6 , 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Post-mortem analyses of coronary arteries have indicated that obesity (associated with a high accumulation of abdominal fat measured at autopsy) was predictive of earlier and greater extent of large vessels atherosclerosis as well as increase of coronary fatty streaks. (researchgate.net)
  • A disproportionate increase may indicate not just weight gain but the accumulation of excess fat, particularly around the abdominal region. (ouishave.com)
  • The ability of simple anthropometric add valuable comparative data to BMI techniques to correctly measure central data in assessment of central fatness in adiposity needs to be assessed because overweight and obese children. (who.int)
  • BMI is a adiposity tracks from childhood into poor proxy for central fatness [ 4 ] as it is adulthood [ 5 ]. (who.int)
  • Body mass index, abdominal fatness, and heart failure incidence and mortality: A systematic review and dose response meta-analysis of prospective studies. (pace-cme.org)
  • Waist-to-height ratio, triglycerides/glucose index, and triglycerides-to-HDL-C ratio were determined according to standard protocols. (elsevier.es)
  • Moderate correlation of all indicators (waist-to-height ratio, triglycerides/glucose index, and triglycerides-to-HDL-C ratio) with homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance was observed for both sexes. (elsevier.es)
  • High systolic or diastolic blood pressure (BP), low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C), high low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), high total cholesterol (TC), high serum triglycerides (TG), and high fasting blood glucose (FBG) were significantly correlated with increased odds ratios of high CRP in both genders. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Reported hazard ratios (HR) represent HR per standard deviation (SD) change in adiposity index and are adjusted for age, sex, smoking, cholesterol, SBP, glucose, and history of MI, stroke and AF. (pace-cme.org)
  • to analyse the relationship between dietary intake as predictor of and increased abdominal circumference in teenagers. (bvsalud.org)
  • Low HDL-C, high LDL-C, high serum TG, and high FBG were significantly associated with increased odds ratios of high NLR in both genders. (biomedcentral.com)
  • found that high serum vitamin D concentration reduced the risk ratio for hypertension(5). (vitamindwiki.com)
  • For both sexes a highly positive correlation was found between waist circumference and BMI, percentage of body fat, subscapular and suprailiac skinfold thicknesses, and the sum of skinfold measures. (who.int)
  • 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)
  • There was no such correlation between waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and lipid pro le. (who.int)
  • The correlation between a larger waist and increased risk of conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes is well-documented by the National Institutes of Health. (ouishave.com)
  • ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study of 1283 healthy children (681 boys, 602 girls) aged 6-11 years tested the degree of correlation between waist circumference measurements and adiposity. (who.int)
  • This standardized metric was initially intended to provide a general assessment of a person's weight in relation to their height and serves as a screening tool for potential health risks associated with body weight. (puredripiv.com)
  • The body mass index (BMI), body weight (kg) to squared height (m) ratio, is a well known index that is receiving increasing attention to evaluate the effects of overall obesity on ventilatory function. (ersjournals.com)
  • Comparison of abdominal adiposity and overall obesity in relation to risk of small intestinal cancer in a European Prospective Cohort. (escholarship.org)
  • We investigated overall obesity and abdominal adiposity in relation to SIC in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), a large prospective cohort of approximately half a million men and women from ten European countries. (escholarship.org)
  • The aim of this work was to assess the prevalence of overweight, obesity, abdominal-obesity and short stature among Rosario (Argentina) adult population. (isciii.es)
  • Multivariate analysis showed that the prevalence of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity increased according the age and abdominal obesity decreased with high physical activity in men. (isciii.es)
  • In women prevalence of overweight/obesity, and abdominal obesity increased with age, marital status (married or coupled), presence of at least one child at home and low educational level. (isciii.es)
  • We utilized prevalence ratio analysis to examine the association between socio-economic/demographic characteristics, unhealthful behaviors and overweight/obesity. (researchsquare.com)
  • INT RODUCTIO N: Th e eld erly h ypert en si ve pa ti ent s of ten h aveincreased prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors and their attendantco-morbidities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Considerable attention has been given to waist circumference as a complementary (10) and, in some cases, superior (8) assessment to BMI. (cdc.gov)
  • The waist to height ratio is a simple measurement for assessment of abdominal fat mass and cardiovascular risk, with considered healthy values those under 0.5 [6,7] . (ommegaonline.org)
  • Due to the close relation between age, gender, adiposity, preHTN, and HTN [ 2 , 10 , 11 ], the search of anthropometric marker predictors of cardiovascular risk (CVR) such as HTN has revolutionized the field. (hindawi.com)
  • there was no association between dietary intake presenting cardiovascular risk and increased waist circumference. (bvsalud.org)
  • Waist circumference is the distance around the abdomen and this measure is used to assess the degree of abdominal obesity and also cardiovascular risk. (ommegaonline.org)
  • There is a sity (whether total or central), and to quan- suggestion that waist circumference alone tify the association of waist circumference may be a more useful and accurate tool in measurements with age and degree of BMI children than DXA etc. [ 6 ]. (who.int)
  • Body weight, hight, WC and hip circumference were measured at baseline. (pace-cme.org)
  • The western dietary pattern, obesity, high body fat, high waist or hip circumference, and high waist-to-hip ratio were significantly associated with increased odds ratios of high CRP and NLR in both genders. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It has the Recent studies in children showed that a ability to act as a surrogate for abdominal greater deposition of central fat correlates fat [ 9 ]. (who.int)
  • Height and weight to calculate the BMI2. (medicscientist.com)
  • A ballooning waist circumference can be indicative of excess weight and, consequently, body fat. (ouishave.com)
  • The ac- and is the best indicator of changes in the intra- cumulation of both types of fat is affected abdominal fat during weight loss [ 8 ]. (who.int)
  • Body weight and height were measured in each child. (scirp.org)
  • BMI is the result of dividing body weight (kg) by the height square (m²). (ommegaonline.org)
  • Objective To investigate associations between the expression of circulating adiposity-related miRNAs and the response to a weight loss intervention. (unav.edu)
  • Methods A total of 51 Spanish girls (age 7-16 years) with abdominal obesity underwent 8 weeks of a multidisciplinary intervention for weight loss. (unav.edu)
  • BMI is calculated as weight in kilograms (kg) divided by height in metres squared (m 2 ). (dasefxofficial.com)
  • 0.001) were significantly correlated with increased odds ratios of high NLR only in men. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The results for waist circumference were generally similar to those for BMI, but the associations were slightly stronger for high-grade (HR = 1.43, 1.07-1.92) and fatal prostate cancer (HR = 1.55, 1.23-1.96). (biomedcentral.com)
  • We investigated the association of height and adiposity with incidence of and death from prostate cancer in 141,896 men in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Besides age and height, BMI has recently been considered as an additional independent variable in models for deriving spirometric prediction equations 1 , 2 . (ersjournals.com)
  • It gauges how your waist size correlates with your overall height, offering a more nuanced perspective on your body's composition. (ouishave.com)