"Waist-Hip Ratio" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The waist circumference measurement divided by the hip circumference measurement. For both men and women, a waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) of 1.0 or higher is considered "at risk" for undesirable health consequences, such as heart disease and ailments associated with OVERWEIGHT. A healthy WHR is 0.90 or less for men, and 0.80 or less for women. (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2004)
| Descriptor ID |
D049629
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.960 E05.041.124.946 G07.100.100.960
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| Concept/Terms |
Waist-Hip Ratio- Waist-Hip Ratio
- Ratio, Waist-Hip
- Ratios, Waist-Hip
- Waist Hip Ratio
- Waist-Hip Ratios
- Waist-to-Hip Ratio
- Ratio, Waist-to-Hip
- Ratios, Waist-to-Hip
- Waist to Hip Ratio
- Waist-to-Hip Ratios
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist-Hip Ratio" by people in Profiles.
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Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability. Nat Commun. 2021 01 05; 12(1):24.
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Influence of obesity-related risk factors in the aetiology of glioma. Br J Cancer. 2018 04; 118(7):1020-1027.
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Determinants of aortic stiffness: 16-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study. PLoS One. 2012; 7(5):e37165.
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Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet. 2012; 8(3):e1002607.
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Association of serum levels of retinol-binding protein 4 with male sex but not with insulin resistance in obese patients. Arch Physiol Biochem. 2010 May; 116(2):57-62.
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Low-grade inflammation, obesity, and insulin resistance in adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Dec; 92(12):4569-74.
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Postprandial plasma adiponectin decreases after glucose and high fat meal and is independently associated with postprandial triacylglycerols but not with -- 11388 promoter polymorphism. Br J Nutr. 2008 Jan; 99(1):76-82.
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Elevated levels of interleukin-18 predict the development of type 2 diabetes: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Study, 1984-2002. Diabetes. 2005 Oct; 54(10):2932-8.
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