"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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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 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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Validity of anthropometric indices in predicting high blood pressure risk factors in Iranian children and adolescents: CASPIAN-V study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2020 06; 22(6):1009-1017.
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Anthropometric indices predicting incident hypertension in an Iranian population: The Isfahan cohort study. Anatol J Cardiol. 2019 06; 22(1):33-43.
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Race/ethnic comparisons of waist-to-height ratio for cardiometabolic screening: The study of women's health across the nation. Am J Hum Biol. 2017 Jan; 29(1).