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

Ashwell, Margaret; J. Gunn, Pippa; Gibson, Sigrid

doi:10.1111/j.1467-789x.2011.00952.x

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

Published in Obesity Reviews • Nov 23, 2011

Authors:

Margaret Ashwell

Pippa J. Gunn

Sigrid Gibson

Abstract

Our aim was to differentiate the screening potential of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist circumference (WC) for adult cardiometabolic risk in people of different nationalities and to compare both with body mass index (BMI). We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies that use...

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Waist-to-height ratio

Waist

Medicine

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