Comparison of body mass index, waist circumference, and waist/hip ratio in predicting incident diabetes: a meta-analysis

G Vazquez, S Duval, DR Jacobs Jr… - Epidemiologic …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… index, waist circumference, and waist/hip ratio were included in the present analysis. Other
… subscapular/triceps skinfold thickness ratio, waist/thigh ratio, subscapular skinfold thickness…

Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular events: meta-regression analysis of prospective studies

L De Koning, AT Merchant, J Pogue… - European heart …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
… The objectives of this study were to determine the association of waist circumference (WC)
and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) with the risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) events …

… circumference and waist–hip ratio: which is the better discriminator of cardiovascular disease mortality risk? Evidence from an individual‐participant metaanalysis of …

S Czernichow, AP Kengne, E Stamatakis… - Obesity …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
… We conducted an individual‐participant metaanalysis of nine cohort studies of men and …
Body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist‐to‐hip ratio (WHR) were …

[HTML][HTML] Waist circumference and pulmonary function: a systematic review and meta-analysis

FC Wehrmeister, AMB Menezes, LC Muniz… - Systematic reviews, 2012 - Springer
Background Studies have reported an impact of central obesity on people’s health. The
literature is scarce on the effects of waist circumference (WC) on pulmonary function. Our …

Waist‐to‐height ratio is a better screening tool than waist circumference and BMI for adult cardiometabolic risk factors: systematic review and metaanalysis

M Ashwell, P Gunn, S Gibson - Obesity reviews, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
… differentiate the screening potential of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist circumference
(WC) for … We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that used receiver …

Sleep duration and waist circumference in adults: a meta-analysis

SD Sperry, ID Scully, RH Gramzow, RS Jorgensen - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
… of these variables across the studies included in this meta-analytic review. For example,
only 14 of the 22 studies included in this meta-analysis included data on the mean age of the …

Waist‐to‐height ratio, body mass index and waist circumference for screening paediatric cardio‐metabolic risk factors: a metaanalysis

K Lo, M Wong, P Khalechelvam, W Tam - Obesity reviews, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… score when compared with waist circumference. Although not … This finding is supported by
another meta-analysis, which was … Therefore, this meta-analysis aims to investigate whether …

Effect of aerobic exercise on waist circumference in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and metaanalysis

A Armstrong, K Jungbluth Rodriguez, A Sabag… - Obesity …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
waist circumference and change in visceral adipose tissue and/or bodyweight with aerobic
exercise interventions; and (3) if reductions in waist circumferencewaist circumference by 3.2 …

A pooled analysis of waist circumference and mortality in 650,000 adults

JR Cerhan, SC Moore, EJ Jacobs, CM Kitahara… - Mayo Clinic …, 2014 - Elsevier
… All analyses used sex-specific cut points, and most results were … analyses, with the highest
2 levels of waist circumference collapsed for women. We also modeled waist circumference

Body mass index, waist circumference and waist: hip ratio as predictors of cardiovascular risk—a review of the literature

R Huxley, S Mendis, E Zheleznyakov… - European journal of …, 2010 - nature.com
… However, in recent years, measures of central obesity, principally waist circumference and
the waist:hip ratio and to a lesser extent the waist:height ratio, which more accurately describe …