Waist-to-Height Ratio
Cross-source consensus on Waist-to-Height Ratio from 1 sources and 5 claims.
1 sources · 5 claims
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- Waist-to-height ratio was calculated by dividing waist circumference in centimetres by height in centimetres. — Comparing adiposity-related predictors of cardiometabolic disease in two Indigenous Guatemalan municipalities: a cross-sectional receiver operating characteristic analysis
- Women had a higher waist-to-height ratio than men in the study sample. — Comparing adiposity-related predictors of cardiometabolic disease in two Indigenous Guatemalan municipalities: a cross-sectional receiver operating characteristic analysis
- Waist-to-height ratio generally performed numerically better than BMI but was not statistically superior in the reported comparisons. — Comparing adiposity-related predictors of cardiometabolic disease in two Indigenous Guatemalan municipalities: a cross-sectional receiver operating characteristic analysis
- For hypertension prediction, waist-to-height ratio AUC was higher in women than men. — Comparing adiposity-related predictors of cardiometabolic disease in two Indigenous Guatemalan municipalities: a cross-sectional receiver operating characteristic analysis
- The study aligns with prior work finding similar predictive ability of BMI and waist-to-height ratio for hypertension. — Comparing adiposity-related predictors of cardiometabolic disease in two Indigenous Guatemalan municipalities: a cross-sectional receiver operating characteristic analysis