"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 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist-Height Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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The effect of increasing tertiles of waist circumference on cardio-metabolic risk, adipokines and biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in nascent metabolic syndrome. J Diabetes Complications. 2018 04; 32(4):379-383.
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The Associations of Height-for-Age, Weight-for-Age, and Weight-for-Height With Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2017 07; 39(5):376-381.
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Cardiometabolic risk assessments by body mass index z-score or waist-to-height ratio in a multiethnic sample of sixth-graders. J Obes. 2014; 2014:421658.