A wealth of clinical and epidemiological evidence has linked obesity to a broad spectrum of
cardiovascular diseases (CVD) including coronary heart disease, heart failure …

Our aim was to differentiate the screening potential of waist‐to‐height ratio (WHtR) and waist
circumference (WC) for adult cardiometabolic risk in people of different nationalities and to …

Aims Although body mass index (BMI) is the most commonly used anthropometric measure,
newer indices such as the waist-to-height ratio, better reflect the location and amount of …

The World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Consultation on Waist Circumference and
Waist–Hip Ratio was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 8–11 December 2008. The …

The prevalence of obesity in the United States and the world has risen to
epidemic/pandemic proportions. This increase has occurred despite great efforts by …

Background Guidelines differ about the value of assessment of adiposity measures for
cardiovascular disease risk prediction when information is available for other risk factors. We …

This systematic review collated seventy-eight studies exploring waist-to-height ratio (WHtR)
and waist circumference (WC) or BMI as predictors of diabetes and CVD, published in …

Obesity has reached global epidemic proportions in both adults and children and is
associated with numerous comorbidities, including hypertension (HTN), type II diabetes …

Clinical observations suggest a complex relationship between human obesity and
cardiovascular disease. Whilst abdominal (visceral) adiposity leads to deleterious metabolic …

Objective: Visceral (VAT) and abdominal subcutaneous (SAT) adipose tissues contribute to
obesity but may have different metabolic and atherosclerosis risk profiles. We sought to …