Accuracy of different cutoffs of the waist‐to‐height ratio as a screening tool for cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta‐analysis …

Y Ezzatvar, M Izquierdo, R Ramírez‐Vélez… - Obesity …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present systematic review with meta‐analysis sought to estimate the accuracy of
different waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) cutoff ranges as risk indicators for cardiometabolic …

[HTML][HTML] Tri-ponderal mass index as a screening tool for identifying body fat and cardiovascular risk factors in children and adolescents: a systematic review

J Sun, R Yang, M Zhao, P Bovet, B Xi - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Because of the limitation of body mass index (BMI) in distinguishing adipose mass from
muscle, the tri-ponderal mass index (TMI) has been proposed as a new indicator for better …

Waist-to-height ratio has a stronger association with cardiovascular risks than waist circumference, waist-hip ratio and body mass index in type 2 diabetes

JF Ke, JW Wang, JX Lu, ZH Zhang, Y Liu… - Diabetes Research and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aims To compare the associations between four anthropometric indices including waist-to-
height ratio (WHtR), waist circumference (WC), waist-hip-ratio (WHR) and body mass index …

A simple cut-off for waist-to-height ratio (0· 5) can act as an indicator for cardiometabolic risk: recent data from adults in the Health Survey for England

S Gibson, M Ashwell - British Journal of Nutrition, 2020 - cambridge.org
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has acknowledged the value of
waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as an indicator for 'early health risk'. We used recent UK data to …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of waist-to-height ratio, waist circumference, and body mass index in discriminating cardio-metabolic risk factors in a sample of school-aged …

I Aguilar-Morales, E Colin-Ramirez, S Rivera-Mancía… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
The most common tools used to screen for abdominal obesity are waist circumference (WC)
and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR); the latter may represent a more suitable tool for the general …

Exercise and adiposity in overweight and obese children and adolescents: a systematic review with network meta-analysis of randomised trials

GA Kelley, KS Kelley, RR Pate - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Determine both the effects and hierarchy of effectiveness for exercise
interventions (aerobic, strength training or both) on selected measures of adiposity (body …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for identifying cardiometabolic risk in children: a meta-analysis

Y Jiang, Y Dou, H Chen, Y Zhang, X Chen… - Diabetology & metabolic …, 2021 - Springer
Objective To provide the latest evidence of performance and robustness of waist-to-height
ratio (WHtR) in discriminating clusters of cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRs) and promote …

Tri-Ponderal Mass Index vs body Mass Index in discriminating central obesity and hypertension in adolescents with overweight

AE Malavazos, G Capitanio, V Milani, F Ambrogi… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aims Recently, it has been hypothesized that Tri-Ponderal Mass Index
(TMI) may be a valid alternative to Body Mass Index (BMI) when measuring body fat in …

Waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents: a nationwide cross-sectional study in China

Y Dou, Y Jiang, Y Yan, H Chen, Y Zhang, X Chen… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To demonstrate the accuracy and flexibility of using waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)
as a screening tool for identifying children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk (CMR) …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with metabolically healthy obesity: role of insulin sensitivity

F Vinciguerra, A Tumminia, R Baratta, A Ferro… - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Obesity represents a major risk factor for metabolic disorders, but some individuals,“
metabolically healthy”(MHO), show less clinical evidence of these complications, in contrast …