Waist-to-height ratio as an indicator of ‘early health risk’: simpler and more predictive than using a ‘matrix’ based on BMI and waist circumference

Utility of waist-to-height ratio in assessing the status of central obesity and related cardiometabolic risk profile among normal weight and overweight/obese children: The Bogalusa Heart Study

(2016) Jasmeet S Mokha et al.   BMC Pediatrics

The Many Paradoxes of Our Modern World: Is There Really an Obesity Paradox or Is It Only a Matter of Adiposity Assessment?

(2015) Paul Poirier   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Normal-Weight Central Obesity: Implications for Total and Cardiovascular Mortality

(2015) Karine R. Sahakyan et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Waist-to-height ratio as a screening measure for identifying adolescents with hypertriglyceridemic waist phenotype

(2015) Xiao-li Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

Comparison of Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Adiposity Index (BAI), Waist Circumference (WC), Waist-To-Hip Ratio (WHR) and Waist-To-Height Ratio (WHtR) as Predictors of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in an Adult Population in Singapore

(2015) Benjamin Chih Chiang Lam et al.   PLoS One

Insulin Resistance of Normal Weight Central Obese Adolescents in Korea Stratified by Waist to Height Ratio: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2008–2010

(2015) Won Kyoung Cho et al.   International Journal of Endocrinology

Piece of string can assess cardiovascular risk, study finds

(2015) J. Wise   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Piece of string can assess cardiovascular risk, study finds

(2015) J. Wise   BMJ-British Medical Journal

A proposal for a primary screening tool: `Keep your waist circumference to less than half your height’

(2014) Margaret Ashwell et al.   BMC Medicine

Waist-to-Height Ratio Is More Predictive of Years of Life Lost than Body Mass Index

(2014) Margaret Ashwell et al.   PLoS One

Evaluation of the Accuracy of Anthropometric Clinical Indicators of Visceral Fat in Adults and Elderly

(2014) Anna Karla Carneiro Roriz et al.   PLoS One

Waist-to-Height Ratio Is a Better Anthropometric Index than Waist Circumference and BMI in Predicting Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Mexican Adolescents

(2014) Edel Rafael Rodea-Montero et al.   International Journal of Endocrinology

Waist to height ratio: A better anthropometric marker of diabetes and cardio-metabolic risks in South Asian adults

(2013) R. Jayawardana et al.   DIABETES RESEARCH AND CLINICAL PRACTICE

Waist circumference-to-height ratio predicts adiposity better than body mass index in children and adolescents

(2013) P Brambilla et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Role of the Waist/Height Ratio in the Cardiometabolic Risk Assessment of Children Classified by Body Mass Index

(2013) Michael Khoury et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Predicting cardiometabolic risk: waist-to-height ratio or BMI. A meta-analysis

(2013) Savvas Savva et al.   Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity-Targets and Therapy

Waist-to-Height Ratio and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Elderly Individuals at High Cardiovascular Risk

(2012) Marta Guasch-Ferré et al.   PLoS One

Changes in waist circumference among adolescents in England from 1977–1987 to 2005–2007

(2012) J.S. Mindell et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies

(2011) The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration   LANCET

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

(2011) M. Ashwell et al.   Obesity Reviews

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

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