Waist‐to‐height ratio as a risk marker for metabolic syndrome in childhood. A meta‐analysis

C Ochoa Sangrador, J Ochoa‐Brezmes - Pediatric obesity, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… Studies providing Waist/height ratio and clustered criteria of metabolic syndrome were …
Among the diagnostic criteria of Metabolic Syndrome (MS), we usually find an index of abdominal …

Use of the waist–height ratio to predict metabolic syndrome in obese children and adolescents

S Nambiar, H Truby, PSW Davies… - Journal of paediatrics …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
height ratio (WHtR) is a simple and effective screening tool that could be used to identify obese
children with the metabolic syndrome… diagnosed with the metabolic syndrome if their WC …

[HTML][HTML] Waist-to-height ratio, an optimal predictor for obesity and metabolic syndrome in Chinese adults

J Shao, L Yu, X Shen, D Li, K Wang - The journal of nutrition, health and …, 2010 - Elsevier
… of metabolic syndrome in population (17). Based on our study of community population, the
objective was to discuss the relationship of … of metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity. …

Waist-to-Height Ratio: a simple, effective and practical screening tool for childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome

D Zhou, M Yang, ZP Yuan, DD Zhang, L Liang… - Preventive …, 2014 - Elsevier
… of Waist-to-Height Ratio in early detection of obesity and metabolic syndrome in Chinese
children … The optimal cut-offs of Waist-to-Height Ratio were 0.47 in boys and 0.45 in girls in the …

Obesity index that better predict metabolic syndrome: body mass index, waist circumference, waist hip ratio, or waist height ratio

A Bener, MT Yousafzai, S Darwish… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
ratio (WHR) and waist height ratio (WHtR) have also been reported to be better discriminators
of cardiovascular and metabolic … one that better predicts metabolic syndrome (MetS) and …

[HTML][HTML] Waist height ratio: A universal screening tool for prediction of metabolic syndrome in urban and rural population of Haryana

R Rajput, M Rajput, M Bairwa, J Singh… - … and metabolism, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… risks for metabolic syndrome. Several studies from Asia indicate that waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) …
such as WC, body mass index (BMI), and waist hip ratio (WHR).[ 3 4 5 6 ] The aim of our …

[HTML][HTML] Waist to Height Ratio and Metabolic Syndrome as lung dysfunction predictors

R Molina-Luque, M Romero-Saldaña… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) has been related to pulmonary diseases but its relationship with
lung … dysfunction, highlighting the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). The aim was to evaluate the …

Waist: height ratio, waist circumference and metabolic syndrome abnormalities in Colombian schooled adolescents: a multivariate analysis considering located …

RA Agredo-Zúñiga, C Aguilar-de Plata… - British Journal of …, 2015 - cambridge.org
… have evaluated the association between waist:height ratio (W-HtR) and cardiometabolic
risk … waist circumference (WC) with metabolic syndrome abnormalities and high LDL-cholesterol …

… syndrome in Japanese men and women with special reference to the anthropometric criteria for the assessment of obesity: Proposal to use the waist-to-height ratio

SD Hsieh, T Muto - Preventive medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
… (3) The prevalence of metabolic syndrome varied greatly by different anthropometric indices,
and the percentages of obesity risk factors in metabolic syndrome were highest for W/Ht ≥…

A waist-to-height ratio of 0.54 is a good predictor of metabolic syndrome in 16-year-old male and female adolescents

F Vasquez, P Correa-Burrows, E Blanco… - Pediatric …, 2019 - nature.com
… A clustering of metabolic abnormalities, including obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and
hypertension, has been referred to as Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). MetS is an independent …