Establishing international optimal cut-offs of waist-to-height ratio for predicting cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents aged 6–18 years

Establishing international optimal cut-offs of waist-to-height ratio for predicting cardiometabolic risk in children and adolescents aged 6–18 years

Abstract Background Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has been proposed as a simple and effective screening tool for assessing central obesity and cardiometabolic risk in both adult and pediatric populations. However, evidence suggests that the use of a uniform WHtR cut-off of 0.50 may not be universally...

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Main Authors: Xin’nan Zong, Roya Kelishadi, Young Mi Hong, Peter Schwandt, Tandi E. Matsha, Jose G. Mill, Peter H. Whincup, Lucia Pacifico, Abel López-Bermejo, Carmelo Antonio Caserta, Carla Campos Muniz Medeiros, Anastasios Kollias, Mostafa Qorbani, Fariborz Sharifian Jazi, Gerda-Maria Haas, Rafael de Oliveira Alvim, Divanei Zaniqueli, Claudio Chiesa, Judit Bassols, Elisabetta Lucia Romeo, Danielle Franklin de Carvalho, Mônica Oliveira da Silva Simões, George S. Stergiou, Evangelos Grammatikos, Min Zhao, Costan G. Magnussen, Bo Xi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Waist-to-height ratio
Central obesity
Cardiovascular risk factors
Child
Adolescent
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03169-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03169-y

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