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

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Ashwell, Margaret ^a,b   Gibson, Sigrid ^c  

^a Ashwell Associates   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Sig Nurture Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POPULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST-HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84961780759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010159     Document Type: Article

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