"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 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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Midlife adiposity predicts cognitive decline in the prospective Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study. Neurology. 2019 07 16; 93(3):e261-e271.
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Association of anthropometric measures with fat and fat-free mass in the elderly: The Rotterdam study. Maturitas. 2016 06; 88:96-100.
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Trajectories of body mass index before the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease: a latent class trajectory analysis. Eur J Epidemiol. 2016 06; 31(6):583-92.
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Body shape index in comparison with other anthropometric measures in prediction of total and cause-specific mortality. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2016 Jan; 70(1):90-6.
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Anthropometric measures in cardiovascular disease prediction: comparison of laboratory-based versus non-laboratory-based model. Heart. 2015 Mar; 101(5):377-83.