Waist-to-height ratio is a better screening tool than waist circumference and BMI for adult cardiometabolic risk factors: systematic review and meta-analysis

Body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs to define obesity in indigenous New Zealanders

(2010) Rachael W Taylor et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Early Life and Adult Socioeconomic Influences on Mortality Risk: Preliminary Report of a ‘Pauper Rich’ Paradox in a Chilean Adult Cohort

(2010) Elard Koch et al.   ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Measuring Abdominal Obesity: Effects of Height on Distribution of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Risk Using Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio

(2010) H. J. Schneider et al.   DIABETES CARE

Using anthropometric indices to predict cardio-metabolic risk factors in Australian indigenous populations

(2010) Ming Li et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Waist-to-thigh ratio and diabetes among US adults: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

(2010) Chaoyang Li et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Waist-to-height ratios in relation to BMI z-scores in three ethnic groups from a representative sample of New Zealand children aged 5–14 years

(2010) A Goulding et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Gluteofemoral body fat as a determinant of metabolic health

(2010) K N Manolopoulos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: 0·5 could be a suitable global boundary value

(2010) Lucy M. Browning et al.   NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS

Razão cintura/estatura comparado a outros indicadores antropométricos de obesidade como preditor de risco coronariano elevado

(2010) Danilo Ramos Haun et al.   Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira

Optimal anthropometric factor cutoffs for hyperglycemia, hypertension and dyslipidemia for the Taiwanese population

(2009) Chin-Hsiao Tseng et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Waist Circumference and Waist-to-Height Ratio as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Korean Adults

(2009) Sung-Hee Park et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Waist-Height Ratio as a Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women

(2009) John H. Page et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Is central obesity a better discriminator of the risk of hypertension than body mass index in ethnically diverse populations?

(2009)   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Waist-to-Height Ratio Is a Highly Sensitive Index for the Metabolic Syndrome in a Mediterranean Population

(2009) Giuliana Mombelli et al.   Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Obesity and Risk of Death

(2009)   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Waist to Height Ratio Is a Simple and Effective Obesity Screening Tool for Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Analysis of Data from the British National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Adults Aged 19–64 Years

(2009) Margaret Ashwell et al.   Obesity Facts

General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Stroke in Chinese Women

(2009) Xianglan Zhang et al.   STROKE

Validating the waist-height ratio and developing centiles for use amongst children and adolescents

(2008) Smita Nambiar et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis

(2008) Crystal Man Ying Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Measures of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among Men and Women

(2008) Rebecca P. Gelber et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

(2008) T. Pischon et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Which Obesity Indicators Are Better Predictors of Metabolic Risk?: Healthy Twin Study

(2008) Kayoung Lee et al.   Obesity

Comparison of waist circumference, body mass index, percent body fat and other measure of adiposity in identifying cardiovascular disease risks among Thai adults

(2008) Linda Paniagua et al.   Obesity Research & Clinical Practice

Anthropometric indices and their relationship with cardiometabolic risk factors in a sample of Turkish adults

(2008) Ahmet Selcuk Can et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Association between obesity indices and blood pressure or hypertension: which index is the best?

(2008) Ziqiang Zhou et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Abdominal obesity and the prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Chinese adults

(2008) Yuna He et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Does the relationship between waist circumference, morbidity and mortality depend on measurement protocol for waist circumference?

(2007) R. Ross et al.   Obesity Reviews