Measurement error of waist circumference: gaps in knowledge

Reliability of anthropometric measures in a longitudinal cohort of patients initiating ART in West Africa

(2016) Maryline Sicotte et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

Process Evaluation of an Occupational Health Guideline Aimed at Preventing Weight Gain Among Employees

(2011) Lisanne M. Verweij et al.   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Reduction of diabetes risk in routine clinical practice: are physical activity and nutrition interventions feasible and are the outcomes from reference trials replicable? A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2010) Magnolia Cardona-Morrell et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Should waist circumference be used to identify metabolic disorders than BMI in South Korea?

(2010) S-K Lee   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Effects of body size and sociodemographic characteristics on differences between self-reported and measured anthropometric data in middle-aged men and women: the EPIC-Norfolk study

(2010) J Y Park et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Measurement Site for Waist Circumference Affects Its Accuracy As an Index of Visceral and Abdominal Subcutaneous Fat in a Caucasian Population

(2010) Anja Bosy-Westphal et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Short-term weight loss in overweight/obese low-income women improves plasma zinc and metabolic syndrome risk factors

(2010) Venkata Saroja Voruganti et al.   JOURNAL OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Changes in Waist Circumference and Mortality in Middle-Aged Men and Women

(2010) Tina Landsvig Berentzen et al.   PLoS One

Association of physicians’ accuracy in recording with quality of care in cardiovascular medicine

(2009) Carlo Bruno Giorda et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR PREVENTION & REHABILITATION

Linking measurement error to minimal important change of patient-reported outcomes

(2009) Caroline B. Terwee et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Three ways to quantify uncertainty in individually applied “minimally important change” values

(2009) Henrica C.W. de Vet et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Waist Circumference Measurement by Site, Posture, Respiratory Phase, and Meal Time: Implications for Methodology

(2009) Sunil K. Agarwal et al.   Obesity

Variability in Waist Circumference Measurements According to Anatomic Measurement Site

(2009) Caitlin Mason et al.   Obesity

Measurement error and ethnic comparisons of measures of abdominal obesity

(2009) Satvinder S. Dhaliwal et al.   PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Prediction of hypertension by different anthropometric indices in adults: the change in estimate approach

(2009) Nguyen T Tuan et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

Development of a methodological PubMed search filter for finding studies on measurement properties of measurement instruments

(2009) Caroline B. Terwee et al.   QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH

The inter-operator variability in measuring waist circumference and its potential impact on the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome

(2008) V F Panoulas et al.   POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL

Reliability of doctors' anthropometric measurements to detect obesity

(2008) Paul Sebo et al.   PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

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

(2007) R. Ross et al.   Obesity Reviews