"Waist Circumference" 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 measurement around the body at the level of the ABDOMEN and just above the hip bone. The measurement is usually taken immediately after exhalation.
Descriptor ID |
D055105
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MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160.560 E05.041.124.160.875 G07.100.100.160.560
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Concept/Terms |
Waist Circumference- Waist Circumference
- Circumference, Waist
- Circumferences, Waist
- Waist Circumferences
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2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist Circumference" by people in Profiles.
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Early life factors and their relevance for markers of cardiometabolic risk in early adulthood. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 06 30; 31(7):2109-2121.
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Reversion from prediabetes to normoglycaemia after weight change in older persons: The KORA F4/FF4 study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 02 08; 31(2):429-438.
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General and Abdominal Obesity and Incident Distal Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy: Insights Into Inflammatory Biomarkers as Potential Mediators in the KORA F4/FF4 Cohort. Diabetes Care. 2019 02; 42(2):240-247.
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Differential association between biomarkers of subclinical inflammation and painful polyneuropathy: results from the KORA F4 study. Diabetes Care. 2015 Jan; 38(1):91-6.
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The association of genetic markers for type 2 diabetes with prediabetic status - cross-sectional data of a diabetes prevention trial. PLoS One. 2013; 8(9):e75807.
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Association of subclinical inflammation with polyneuropathy in the older population: KORA F4 study. Diabetes Care. 2013 Nov; 36(11):3663-70.
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Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 is increased in individuals before type 2 diabetes diagnosis but is not an independent predictor of type 2 diabetes: the Whitehall II study. Eur J Endocrinol. 2010 May; 162(5):913-7.
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Sleep duration, lifestyle intervention, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in impaired glucose tolerance: The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study. Diabetes Care. 2009 Nov; 32(11):1965-71.