"Waist-Hip Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The waist circumference measurement divided by the hip circumference measurement. For both men and women, a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) of 1.0 or higher is considered "at risk" for undesirable health consequences, such as heart disease and ailments associated with OVERWEIGHT. A healthy WHR is 0.90 or less for men, and 0.80 or less for women. (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2004)
| Descriptor ID |
D049629
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.960 E05.041.124.946 G07.100.100.960
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| Concept/Terms |
Waist-Hip Ratio- Waist-Hip Ratio
- Ratio, Waist-Hip
- Ratios, Waist-Hip
- Waist Hip Ratio
- Waist-Hip Ratios
- Waist-to-Hip Ratio
- Ratio, Waist-to-Hip
- Ratios, Waist-to-Hip
- Waist to Hip Ratio
- Waist-to-Hip Ratios
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| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist-Hip Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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Assessing truncal obesity in predicting cardiometabolic risk in children: clinical measures versus dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Acta Paediatr. 2018 06; 107(6):1065-1069.
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Comparison between Human and Bite-Based Methods of Estimating Caloric Intake. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2016 10; 116(10):1568-1577.
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Genome-wide association of body fat distribution in African ancestry populations suggests new loci. PLoS Genet. 2013; 9(8):e1003681.
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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and body fat distribution in reproductive aged women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2013 Mar; 67(3):289-94.
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Obesity and prostate cancer aggressiveness among African and Caucasian Americans in a population-based study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 May; 20(5):844-53.
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Cardiac remodeling in obesity: time for a new paradigm. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Mar; 3(3):275-7.
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Serum leptin and adiponectin levels and risk of Barrett's esophagus and intestinal metaplasia of the gastroesophageal junction. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Nov; 18(11):2204-11.
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Sleep-disordered breathing and blood pressure in children. Hypertension. 2008 Nov; 52(5):807.
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Which measures of obesity best predict cardiovascular risk? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Aug 19; 52(8):616-9.
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How does ethnicity affect the association between obesity and diabetes? Diabet Med. 2007 Nov; 24(11):1199-204.