ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance of the ratio between the waist
circumference and the height in the identification of health risk compared with the correlation …

Purpose It is known that obesity has a multifactorial etiology that involves genetic and
environmental factors. The WHO estimates the worldwide prevalence of 1.9 billion …

The WHO recommends the use of some anthropometric parameters as a screening resource
for individuals under cardiometabolic risk. However, in the validation of these indicators …

Introduction: The excessive concentration of fat in the abdominal region is related to a higher
risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). Studies have been performed to identify …

Background Waist circumference (WC) has been incorporated in the definition of the
metabolic syndrome (MetS) but the exact WC cut-off points across populations are not clear …

RESUMO OBJETIVO: Avaliar o desempenho da razão entre a circunferência da cintura e a
estatura na identificação de risco à saúde comparada à matriz de associação entre os …

The frequent coexistence of hypertension, abnormal glucose homeostasis, obesity and
dyslipidemia in certain population or individual groups led to the description of a clinical …

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a capacidade preditiva da síndrome metabólica (SM) por
diferentes indicadores de obesidade (IO) em adultos quilombolas. Estudo transversal com …

Em virtude da transição demográfica, houve um aumento substancial da população idosa e
uma considerável redução das taxas de fecundidade. Paralelo a esse fenômeno, observa …

Background: relative fat mass (RFM) has been proposed recently, and the effectiveness in
relation to other anthropometric indexes already consolidated regarding the predictive …