Comparisons of waist circumferences measured at 4 sites.
By Jack Wang, J. Thornton, S. Bari, Bennett Williamson, D. Gallagher, Steven B. Heymsfield, M. Horlick, D. Kotler, B. Laferrère, L. Mayer and 2 more. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003
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Subfields: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology
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Citations in the corpus
- Waist Circumference and Cardiometabolic Risk (2007, neutral): “The specific site used to measure WC influences the absolute WC value that is obtained (9).”
- Measurement and Definitions of Obesity In Childhood and Adolescence: A field guide for the uninitiated (2007, neutral): “Since a potential source of error is incorrectly positioning the tape, the measurement site is generally specified by reference to specific anatomic landmarks [85].”
- A systematic review of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for the prediction of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: 0·5 could be a suitable global boundary value (2010, background): “Importantly, comparison of WC measured at a variety of sites indicates that all are highly reproducible and are similarly correlated with total body fat in a sex-dependent manner((108)).”