RatioSurrogateAdipose tissueGeneral adiposityOverall adiposityExcessive adiposityOverweightVisceral fatExcessCardiovascularType 2 diabetIndicesAnthropometricObeseIndicatorIntra-abdominalCardiometabolic risk factorsWHtRMeasuresMetabolicPerson'sCircumference aloneHypertensionLipidTruncalMeasurementAbstractPredictive valueNAFLDDeterminantsCentral obesityWeightAdultsAssessDiagnostic10.3 cmCircumferencesAnalysesSuggestsMarkerChildhoodInsulin resistanceNutritional statusHeightParticipantsHigherBody fatFemales
Ratio58
- The aim of this study was to compare the strength of associations and discrimination capability of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) with cardiovascular disease risk in individuals with type-2 diabetes. (nih.gov)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Design and methods: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolling 61 HIV-infected patients with increased waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio. (natap.org)
- In non-HIV-infected patients [6] and among HIV-infected patients with changes in fat distribution [7], increased waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and central fat accumulation is related to increased metabolic risk indices. (natap.org)
- They were also divided into two categories of waist-to-hip ratio. (express.co.uk)
- The research found that those with normal BMI but fat waists as defined by a high waist-to-hip ratio had the highest cardiovascular death risk and the highest death risk from all causes among all the subgroups. (express.co.uk)
- The risk of cardiovascular death was 2.75 times higher and the risk of death from all causes was 2.08 times higher in normal weight obese people as compared with those with a normal BMI and normal waist-to-hip ratio. (express.co.uk)
- 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)
- They say waist-to-hip ratio may be a more accurate indicator of risk of mortality from all causes. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- They add that waist-to-hip ratio may be a more useful tool in healthcare interventions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Waist-to-hip ratio may be a better tool for determining weight management than body mass index (BMI), according to a new study . (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Research published this week in the journal JAMA Network Open reports that waist-to-hip ratio may be more useful than BMI in determining health risks and medical interventions. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- They compared data on BMI, fat mass index, and waist-to-hip ratio. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Compared with BMI, [waist-to-hip ratio] had the strongest, most robust, and consistent association with all-cause mortality and was the only measurement unaffected by BMI. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Our results provide further support to shift public health focus from measures of general adiposity, such as BMI, to adiposity distribution using [waist-to-hip ratio]," the study authors added. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- What is waist-to-hip ratio? (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Waist-to-hip ratio is the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hip. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Waist-to-hip ratio does do a better job of capturing visceral fat , mid-body fat, waist fat, the fat that is most harmful in terms of all-cause and cause-specific mortality," Hunnes told Medical News Today . (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Assessment of obesity before old age may be a more accurate representation of adiposity as the ratio of lean to fat mass changes with ageing, 5 resulting in a decreased body mass index. (bmj.com)
- The association of trunk fat with CVD risk was attenuated but remained significant even after adjusting for waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio. (imsociety.org)
- Waist-Hip Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) . (harvard.edu)
- For both men and women, a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) of 1.0 or higher is considered "at risk" for undesirable health consequences, such as heart disease and ailments associated with OVERWEIGHT. (harvard.edu)
- This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Waist-Hip Ratio" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Waist-Hip Ratio" was a major or minor topic of these publication. (harvard.edu)
- Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist-Hip Ratio" by people in Profiles. (harvard.edu)
- Genetic Predictors of Change in Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Hip Ratio With Lifestyle Intervention: The Trans-NIH Consortium for Genetics of Weight Loss Response to Lifestyle Intervention. (harvard.edu)
- Accelerated brain aging in these patients with IHD was also correlated with diabetes, body-mass index (BMI), and especially waist-to-hip ratio, a surrogate for central adiposity. (medscape.com)
- But there was no such significant correlation with BMI or waist-to-hip ratio among patients without IHD. (medscape.com)
- average age 56 years) who were cancer-free, to investigate the risk of developing and dying from 24 cancers according to six markers of obesity: BMI, body fat percentage, waist-to-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio, and waist and hip circumferences. (eurekalert.org)
- While these and other studies have reported superior prediction of diabetes with waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio compared with BMI, it is notable that this is far from a universal finding. (diabetesjournals.org)
- Indeed, a recent meta-analysis of 32 studies concluded that BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio had similar associations with incident diabetes ( 6 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
- Waist measurements were taken to calculate Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR). (aston.ac.uk)
- Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. (kb.se)
- Waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic consequences independent of overall adiposity. (kb.se)
- Waist to Hip Ratio vs BMI: Which is a Better Indicator of Your Health? (healthline.com)
- New research concludes that your waist-to-hip ratio could be a better indicator of health than BMI. (healthline.com)
- Experts interviewed by Healthline had mixed opinions about the significance of waist-to-hip ratio. (healthline.com)
- But what about your waist-to-hip ratio? (healthline.com)
- New research suggests that waist-to-hip ratio could be a simpler, more accurate indicator of weight and general wellness than BMI. (healthline.com)
- Although waist to hip ratio is not difficult to calculate, there can be discrepancies in how it is measured and where it is measured," he told Healthline. (healthline.com)
- As experts mark a a shift away from relying on Body Mass Index (BMI) to assess health risk, adults with a BMI below 35 kg/m² are being encouraged to measure their own waist-to-height ratio. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- Our committee found that a clear benefit of using the waist-to-height ratio is that people can easily measure it themselves, interpret the results, and seek medical advice if they are at increased health risk. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- Anyone wishing to find out their waist to height ratio can use an online calculator or could ask a health professional to work it out for them. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- As an example, a 5ft 4in female with waist circumference of 29in would have a healthy ratio, but 32in would push them into the unhealthy range. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- The guideline says a healthy waist to height ratio is 0.4 to 0.49, indicating no increased health risks. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- Prof Rachel Batterham, consultant in obesity and members of the NICE guidelines committee, said: "Waist-to-height ratio is a simple, easy to use measure that identifies people who are at increased health risk and would benefit from weight management support to improve their health. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- 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)
- Longitudinal metabolomics of increasing body-mass index and waist-hip ratio reveals two dynamic patterns of obesity pandemic. (myhealthywaist.org)
- Increased levels of body fat and in particular central adiposity, measured by the waist-to-hip ratio, has been found to have a highly significant association with myocardial infarction risk . (hospitalhealthcare.com)
- Among the indicators of central adiposity, the waist-to-height ratio (WHR) has been shown to be more sensitive for predicting future health hazards than waist circumference alone. (bvsalud.org)
- measures of regional body fat included waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and sagittal abdominal diameter adiposity. (medscape.com)
- In contrast, there was no effect from the same diet on waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, or sagittal abdominal diameter compared with higher-GI diets. (medscape.com)
- A multivariate dimension reduction technique, called principal component analysis, was used to derive the body shapes from six anthropometric traits: height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio. (who.int)
- Excess central adiposity (called apple shape), particularly when it results in a high waist-to-hip ratio (reflecting a relatively low muscle-to-fat mass ratio), increases risk. (msdmanuals.com)
- The syndrome is less common among people who have excess subcutaneous fat around the hips (called pear shape) and a low waist-to-hip ratio (reflecting a higher muscle-to-fat mass ratio). (msdmanuals.com)
- waist hip ratio, WHR) and overall and site-specific (colon, proximal colon, distal colon, and rectal) CRC risk, (II) adiposity measures and plasma proteins, and (III) adiposity-associated plasma proteins and CRC risk. (who.int)
Surrogate4
- So yes, given that this is a better measure, surrogate for adiposity in general and adiposity distribution, I do think that we should be using it more often. (medicalnewstoday.com)
- Two common methods to assess the degree of obesity are measuring waist circumference, a surrogate for abdominal fat, and calculating the body mass index (BMI). (psychiatrist.com)
- Conclusions Serum leptin could be used as a surrogate convenient marker of adiposity in overweight/obese adolescent boys with T1D, equivalent to BMI Z-score or BMI%95. (bmj.com)
- Whether serum adipokines could be used as convenient, surrogate markers of adiposity in obese/overweight adolescents with T1D is not known. (bmj.com)
Adipose tissue6
- Body surface measures such as waist circumference do not distinguish between the various adipose tissue depots, which are known to have differences in biologic function. (diabetesjournals.org)
- Specifically, there can be sizable differences in the amounts of visceral (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) between individuals with the same waist circumference. (diabetesjournals.org)
- 1 Waist circumference has been shown to be the anthropometric index that best predicts the distribution of adipose tissue in fat compartments such as the abdominal region. (psychiatrist.com)
- and to compare the ability of BMI and waist circumference to predict abdominal adipose tissue. (worc.ac.uk)
- Dysfunctional adiposity index as a marker of adipose tissue morpho-functional abnormalities and metabolic disorders in apparently healthy subjects. (jctei.com)
- Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a large waist circumference (due to excess abdominal adipose tissue), hypertension, abnormal fasting plasma glucose or insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia. (msdmanuals.com)
General adiposity1
- Effect of General Adiposity and Central Body Fat Distribution on the Circulating Metabolome: A Multicohort Nontargeted Metabolomics Observational and Mendelian Randomization Study. (harvard.edu)
Overall adiposity2
- These findings provide evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions. (kb.se)
- A body shape that characterizes overall adiposity was positively associated with overall cancer risk, with a HR per 1 standard deviation increment of 1.07 (95% CI, 1.05-1.08), and with risk of 10 cancer types, with HRs (per 1 standard deviation) ranging from 1.36 (95% CI, 1.30-1.42) for endometrial cancer to 1.08 (95% CI, 1.03-1.13) for rectal cancer. (who.int)
Excessive adiposity2
- Simple baseline survey-assessment defined employees who reported room to change their dietary and physical activity patterns as well as an accurate realization of their level of excessive adiposity. (cdc.gov)
- IR also modifies the association between excessive adiposity and respiratory function in asthmatic adult. (londonmet.ac.uk)
Overweight3
- 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)
- And finally, they repeated the analysis excluding obese and overweight adolescents "Due to the general assumption that individuals with higher levels of adiposity are more likely to underreport dietary intake," but the results did not change. (wakeup-world.com)
- The number of overweight/obese employees with healthy waist circumferences increased from 3 to 8 post-intervention. (cdc.gov)
Visceral fat3
- This suggests that central adiposity as an indicator of visceral fat might be the component that mainly contributes to accelerating brain aging in the presence of IHD," the published report states. (medscape.com)
- The authors calculated that for each standard deviation increase in adiposity (9.2% for generalised fat and 36ml of visceral fat), there was a reduction of 0.8 in the DSST score, which was equivalent to 1 year of cognitive ageing. (hospitalhealthcare.com)
- Visceral Adiposity Index A reliable indicator of visceral fat function associated with cardiometabolic risk. (jctei.com)
Excess5
- Nonetheless, relative or absolute central adiposity may confer excess cardiovascular risk. (natap.org)
- The results suggest that BMI is an adequate measure of cancer risk from excess weight, and there is no advantage in using more complicated or expensive measures such as waist circumference or body fat percentage. (eurekalert.org)
- Going beyond (but including screening and classification via) BMI, an exam to confirm excess adiposity, waist circumference to refine cardiometabolic risk of adiposity, advanced modalities, and emphasis on a complications-centric staging approach were outlined in order to treat patients based upon the pathophysiologic hostility of adiposity versus weight per se. (medpagetoday.com)
- For example, physical fitness has been noted to be a vital factor in discerning the so-called "metabolically healthy obesity," which per the AACE/ACE guideline and ABCD model would be "stage 0" assuming true clinical obesity or excess adiposity. (medpagetoday.com)
- The authors concluded that based on these finding, excess adiposity was a risk factor for reduced cognitive scores and called for strategies to reduce or prevent adiposity as a means of preserving cognitive function in adults. (hospitalhealthcare.com)
Cardiovascular2
- The health risks associated with higher levels of central adiposity include type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease. (wikipedia.org)
- The higher our adiposity (the more fat we have in our bodies, and specifically, the more visceral/mid-body fat we have), the greater is our risk of dying from any cause and from cause-specific (cardiovascular disease, cancer). (medicalnewstoday.com)
Type 2 diabet1
- If patients with a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, particularly those ≥ 40 years, have a waist circumference greater than that recommended for their race and sex, fasting plasma glucose and a lipid profile must be determined. (msdmanuals.com)
Indices4
- Adiposity indices VAI and DAI show high associative capacity in cardiometabolic risk, especially in atherogenic dyslipidemia, lipid triad, and hypertriglyceridemic waist in both sexes. (jctei.com)
- Pearson's correlations assessed associations between di-versity indices and measures of adiposity. (inrs.ca)
- Waist circumference was also negatively associated with the Shannon and Simpson indices, with the strongest correlations being with waist circumference at 10-12 yrs and 15-17 yrs and the Simp-son index (r=-0.42, P=0.067 and -0.40, P=0.065 respectively). (inrs.ca)
- Conclusions: These preliminary data in a small sample of chil-dren suggest that increased adiposity in early life is associated with differences in gut microbiota diversity indices in late adolescence. (inrs.ca)
Anthropometric4
- 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)
- AROCs of LAP were relatively the same as anthropometric adiposity measures. (biomedcentral.com)
- This resulted in four distinct body shapes that may better capture the heterogeneous expression of adiposity and its health consequences compared with single anthropometric traits because of the way they combine. (who.int)
- These findings suggest that the current cancer burden associated with adiposity and body size based on classic anthropometric traits is probably underestimated. (who.int)
Obese1
Indicator4
- 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)
- Despite BMI being an indicator of adiposity, and thus a marker of CVR, its predictive value for CVR or CVD is limited (3). (imsociety.org)
- The primary indicator was change in adiposity with a goal of 3% loss in weight across the intervention. (cdc.gov)
- Based on gender based standardization of waist circumference (WC), men with WC more than 40 inches and women more than 35 inches is an indicator of possible occurrence of metabolic disorders such as diabetes. (scitechnol.com)
Intra-abdominal1
- One is waist circumference (WC), a measure of truncal fat that includes the visceral (intra-abdominal) depot. (biomedcentral.com)
Cardiometabolic risk factors1
- 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)
WHtR2
- 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)
Measures8
- 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)
- 8 Obtaining weight measurements many years before the onset of dementia, as well as other measures of adiposity, would provide stronger evidence of causality between obesity and increased risk of dementia. (bmj.com)
- Combining general and central measures of adiposity to identify risk of hypertension: a cross-sectional survey in rural India. (harvard.edu)
- DXA Versus Clinical Measures of Adiposity as Predictors of Cardiometabolic Diseases and All-Cause Mortality in Postmenopausal Women. (harvard.edu)
- Less is known concerning the performance of LAP as compared to the measures of abdominal adiposity. (biomedcentral.com)
- Correlations between Measures of Adiposity Across Childhood and Adolescence and the Intestinal Microbiota in 15-17 Year-Old Children with a Family History of Obesity: Preliminary Findings from the QUALITY Cohort In: 57th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE), 27-29 September 2018, Athens, Greece. (inrs.ca)
- Objective: To explore the correlations between measures of adiposity from childhood and adolescence with intestinal micro-biota composition and diversity at 15-17 years. (inrs.ca)
- In contrast, measures of adiposity across all ages were positively correlated with measures of richness. (inrs.ca)
Metabolic4
- 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)
- We aimed to identify the relationship between adiposity and blood pressure, independent of a robust set of lifestyle and metabolic factors, and to examine the modulating role of sex and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphisms. (lu.se)
- 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)
- Bilgin Göçer D, Baş M, Çakır Biçer N, Hajhamidiasl L. Predicting metabolic syndrome by visceral adiposity index, body roundness index, dysfunctional adiposity index, lipid accumulation product index, and body shape index in adults. (jctei.com)
Person's2
- This is measured by dividing a person's waist measurement by their hip statistic. (express.co.uk)
- A waist measurement of more than half of a person's height, is an indication of greater risk. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
Circumference alone1
- 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)
Hypertension1
- VAI and DAI were calculated according to their equations and cardiometabolic risk with arterial hypertension, diabetes and atherogenic dyslipidemia, lipid triad, diabesity, and hypertriglyceridemic waist. (jctei.com)
Lipid2
- 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)
- Standard protocols were used to measure bloodpressure, weight, height, waist circumference, fasting plasma glucoseand fasting lipid profile of the subjects. (bvsalud.org)
Truncal1
Measurement5
- Where their fat is distributed on their body can mean a lot, and that can be determined easily by getting a waist-to-hip measurement, even if their body weight is within normal limits. (express.co.uk)
- The waist circumference measurement divided by the hip circumference measurement. (harvard.edu)
- NICE guideline committee member Dr Nivedita Aswani said: "A waist measurement can be taken independently by a young person in the security of their own home, or by a carer for their child. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- All men underwent baseline computed tomography imaging of fat deposition, bioelectric impedance analysis, and measurement of BMI and waist circumference. (renalandurologynews.com)
- A family history plus measurement of waist circumference and blood pressure are part of routine care. (msdmanuals.com)
Abstract1
- 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)
Predictive value1
- We determined the predictive value of mid-life adiposity, including body mass index and tricep and subscapular skinfold thickness, on the risk of developing dementia in a large multiethnic cohort of men and women followed for an average of 27 years. (bmj.com)
NAFLD1
- Many studies have shown that visceral adiposity index (VAI) is valuable in the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but the accuracy of VAI in the diagnosis of NAFLD is not consistent. (researchsquare.com)
Determinants1
- The pathophysiological link between adiposity and blood pressure is not completely understood, and evidence suggests an influence of sex and genetic determinants. (lu.se)
Central obesity1
- However, most of the evidence is based on BMI, and little is known about the association between cancer and other markers of adiposity (eg, central obesity and body fat). (eurekalert.org)
Weight6
- Routine evaluation of an expression of weight not adiposity [ 11 ] regional fat distribution on a wide scale and it provides no information on body fat requires methods that are simpler than distribution, so it can mask true obesity- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), related risk in children [ 3 ]. (who.int)
- The study included 12,785 people aged 18 years and older and used surveys to record body measurements such as height, weight, waist circumference and hip circumference. (express.co.uk)
- The evidence shows that people from some Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups have a greater propensity to develop central adiposity and have an increased cardiometabolic health risk so we have lowered the BMI thresholds for those communities, in line with international guidance, to ensure people from those family backgrounds can get support from weight management services if required. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
- Height, weight and waist circumference were measured and BMI calculated. (worc.ac.uk)
- The weight, height and waist circumference of each child were measured. (bvsalud.org)
- Height, weight and waist circumference were measured using standardized protocols, and body mass index z-scores (zBMI) were calculated and partici-pants were classified into weight categories according to CDC ref-erence standards. (inrs.ca)
Adults1
- Obesity increases the risk of developing 10 of the most common cancers, regardless of how it is measured, according to a study of more than 400,000 adults in the UK, being presented at The European Congress on Obesity (ECO) held online this year, with central fatness (larger waist and hips) and general obesity (body mass index [BMI] and body fat percentage) associated with similar estimates of cancer risk. (eurekalert.org)
Assess1
- For this specific project, we aimed to determine what is the best way to assess adiposity," Dr. Guillaume Paré , MD, a Professor of Medicine at McMaster University and lead author of the research, told Healthline. (healthline.com)
Diagnostic1
- Last month, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology published a position statement introducing "ABCD," for Adiposity-based Chronic Disease, as a new diagnostic term. (medpagetoday.com)
10.3 cm1
- Each 1-SD (10.3 cm) increase in waist circumference was associated with 40% and 45% higher risks of advanced and fatal PCa, respectively. (renalandurologynews.com)
Circumferences1
- These clinical observations regarding the detrimental health effects of central or upper body obesity were subsequently reinforced by the results of large prospective epidemiological studies of diabetes incidence, in which fat patterning of subjects was estimated using body surface measurements, specifically waist and hip circumferences and skinfold thicknesses ( 2 - 5 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
Analyses2
- Objectives We investigated the associations between OM, taste sensitivity and adiposity across two studies in early childhood and conducted exploratory post-hoc analyses of sex differences. (aston.ac.uk)
- Published in Preventative Medicine in March 2016, we discussed how using regular linear regression analyses to analyze the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and waist circumference might not be the best method. (uvm.edu)
Suggests1
- A waist circumference above 102 centimetres for males and above 88 centimetres for females suggests abdominal adiposity. (expatliving.sg)
Marker2
- The hypertensive effect of adiposity is more pronounced in women and in people carrying the II variant of the ACE genotype, a marker of salt sensitivity. (lu.se)
- In girls, waist circumference was the best performing marker overall, and was also strongly correlated with %BF in boys. (bmj.com)
Childhood1
Insulin resistance1
- Studies using higher dose, pharmacologic growth hormone (GH) administration have resulted in reduced visceral adiposity in this population, but are associated with increased insulin resistance and side effects [10-13]. (natap.org)
Nutritional status2
- Early-life growth characteristics and in particular age at adiposity rebound (AR), have been shown to impact nutritional status later in life but studies investigating the association with long-term health remain scarce. (nih.gov)
- The WHR is a useful tool in basic health care for children at the beginning of preschool age, for the assessment of nutritional status and central adiposity. (bvsalud.org)
Height1
- New advice from the NHS urges people to keep their waist size to less than half of their height. (liverpoolecho.co.uk)
Participants2
- Adiposity status was both self-rated by the study participants and measured by researchers. (cdc.gov)
- Study participants had their body fat percentage, waist circumference and BMI measured and were physiologically assessed for hot flashes by use of a monitor that measured skin conductance. (health.am)
Higher3
- Higher chocolate consumption was associated with lower levels of total and central fatness, as estimated by BMI, body fat estimated from skinfolds and BIA, and waist circumference, regardless of potential confounders (P ≤ 0.01). (wakeup-world.com)
- Our study showed that higher adiposity, BMI and waist circumference were associated with fewer physiologically-assessed hot flashes among older postmenopausal women with hot flashes ," said Thurston. (health.am)
- Removal of two studies from the meta-analysis in which the effect of diet on waist circumference in the context of a low-GI diet was evaluated did show a significant effect from pasta on waist circumference, where the mean difference was a loss of approximately 60 cm compared with a higher-GI diet. (medscape.com)
Body fat1
- Future research is needed to explore whether using WHR as the primary clinical measure of adiposity (body fat) would help to improve long-term health outcomes in distinct patient populations compared with BMI. (medicalnewstoday.com)