Both waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) have been proposed as
predictors of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in adolescents, but no consensus has been …

We previously reported, using the diagnostic criteria of the International Diabetes Federation
(IDF), that waist circumference (WC) and abdominal volume index (AVI) were capable of …

Background Waist circumference has been suggested as predictor for metabolic syndrome
(MetS) in adolescents but it has not been compared with newly proposed anthropometric …

Very few large studies in Latin America have evaluated the association between waist:
height ratio (W-HtR) and cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents. Further …

Background: Body-mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and, recently, waist-to-
height ratio (WHtR) have been proposed as clinical indexes to identify children at …

Introducción: hay información limitada sobre la utilidad de la relación cintura-estatura (rCE)
para identificar adolescentes colombianos con factores de riesgo cadiometabólicos (FRC) …

Objective. To identify the degree of association between anthropometric indices and
components of metabolic syndrome (MS) and to determine optimal cut‐off points of these …

Abstract Introduction: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a conste-llation of metabolic alterations
related to abdominal obesity, inflammation and insulin resistance, which increase …

Objective To determine the association between metabolic syndrome (MS) components in
620 children and their mothers. Design Cross-sectional assessment. Setting Three public …

An excess of fat mass has been associated with adverse cardiometabolic risk factors.
Different anthropometric measures have been proposed as alternative non-invasive …