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

Revised Optimal Cut-Off Point of Waist Circumference for the Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome in Japanese Women and the Influence of Height

(2011) Tsuyako Shimajiri et al.   Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Comparison of the associations of body mass index and measures of central adiposity and fat mass with coronary heart disease, diabetes, and all-cause mortality: a study using data from 4 UK cohorts

(2010) Amy E Taylor et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

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

The Predictive Value of Different Measures of Obesity for Incident Cardiovascular Events and Mortality

(2010) Harald J. Schneider et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Developing waist-to-height ratio cut-offs to define overweight and obesity in children and adolescents

(2010) Smita Nambiar et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Hierarchical analysis of anthropometric indices in the prediction of 5-year incidence of hypertension in apparently healthy adults: The ATTICA study

(2009) Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos et al.   ATHEROSCLEROSIS

Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome

(2009) K.G.M.M. Alberti et al.   CIRCULATION

Prediction of Type 2 Diabetes Using Alternate Anthropometric Measures in a Multi-Ethnic Cohort: The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study

(2009) M. F. MacKay et al.   DIABETES CARE

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

(2009) John H. Page et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Comparison of body mass index with waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-stature ratio as a predictor of hypertension incidence in Mauritius

(2009) Regzedmaa Nyamdorj et al.   JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

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

Risk Factors and Adult Body Mass Index Among Overweight Children: The Bogalusa Heart Study

(2009) D. S. Freedman et al.   PEDIATRICS

General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Stroke in Chinese Women

(2009) Xianglan Zhang et al.   STROKE

Associations of several anthropometric indices with insulin resistance in children: The Children Study

(2008) Yannis Manios et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Altered Relationship of Blood Pressure to Adiposity in Hypertension

(2008) T. A. Kotchen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

Prevalence and determinants of diabetes mellitus in the Indian industrial population

(2008) V. S. Ajay et al.   DIABETIC MEDICINE

Body Fat Distribution and the Risk of Hypertension and Diabetes among Japanese Men and Women

(2008) Choy-Lye CHEI et al.   HYPERTENSION RESEARCH

Association of central obesity with early Carotid intima-media thickening is independent of that from other risk factors

(2008) V Maher et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Waist-to-height ratio: a simple option for determining excess central adiposity in young people

(2008) S P Garnett et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

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

Waist-to-height Ratio and Coronary Artery Disease in Taiwanese Type 2 Diabetic Patients

(2008) Chin-Hsiao Tseng   Obesity

BMI Compared With Central Obesity Indicators as a Predictor of Diabetes Incidence in Mauritius

(2008) Regzedmaa Nyamdorj 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

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

(2008) Yuna He et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Anthropometric correlates of blood pressure in normotensive Pakistani subjects

(2007) Asmatullah Khan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Waist-to-Height Ratio, a Useful Index to Identify High Metabolic Risk in Overweight Children

(2007) Claudio Maffeis et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS