 Waist-Height Ratio
"Waist-Height Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The ratio of WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE to BODY HEIGHT.
| Descriptor ID |
D065927
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160.780 E05.041.124.160.937
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| Concept/Terms |
Waist-Height Ratio- Waist-Height Ratio
- Ratio, Waist-Height
- Ratios, Waist-Height
- Waist Height Ratio
- Waist-Height Ratios
- Height-Weight Ratio
- Height Weight Ratio
- Height-Weight Ratios
- Ratio, Height-Weight
- Ratios, Height-Weight
- Waist to Height Ratio
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist-Height Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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Kahn HS, Divers J, Fino NF, Dabelea D, Bell R, Liu LL, Zhong VW, Saydah S. Alternative waist-to-height ratios associated with risk biomarkers in youth with diabetes: comparative models in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2019 10; 43(10):1940-1950.
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Bohr AD, Laurson K, McQueen MB. A novel cutoff for the waist-to-height ratio predicting metabolic syndrome in young American adults. BMC Public Health. 2016 Apr 01; 16:295.
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Bohr AD, Boardman JD, Domingue BW, McQueen MB. Breastfeeding is associated with waist-to-height ratio in young adults. BMC Public Health. 2015 Dec 23; 15:1281.
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Domingue BW, Belsky DW, Harris KM, Smolen A, McQueen MB, Boardman JD. Polygenic risk predicts obesity in both white and black young adults. PLoS One. 2014; 9(7):e101596.
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