"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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Predictors of inhaled corticosteroid taper failure in adults with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 04; 7(4):1335-1337.e3.
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Beverage Intake and Metabolic Syndrome Risk Over 14 Years: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2017 Apr; 117(4):554-562.
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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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Measuring Abdominal Circumference and Skeletal Muscle From a Single Cross-Sectional Computed Tomography Image: A Step-by-Step Guide for Clinicians Using National Institutes of Health ImageJ. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016 Mar; 40(3):308-18.
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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.
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Meal preparation and cleanup time and cardiometabolic risk over 14 years in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Prev Med. 2015 Feb; 71:1-6.
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Employment status, depressive symptoms, and waist circumference change in midlife women: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Ann Epidemiol. 2014 Mar; 24(3):187-92.