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The aim of this study is to investigate whether waist circumference and waist-to-height ratios in women are affected by such factors as age, marital status, age at first marriage, parental status, number of children, and regular physical activity. Furthermore, the relationship between chronic diseases and waist circumference and waist-to-height ratios will also be examined. A total of 111 women were randomly selected to participate in this study, of average age 32.26 ± 8.74 years, mean height 162.76 ± 5.44 cm, and average weight 67.38 ± 11.74 kg. In addition to height, weight, and age, waist circumferences and waist-to-height ratios were also determined. Questionnaires recorded the participants’ marital status, age at first marriage, number of children, smoking status, exercise habits, and any chronic health conditions. ANOVA and the student’s t-test were used to analyze these data. Results indicated that waist circumference was significantly associated with age, number of children, marital status, menopausal status, regular exercise, parental status, and the presence of a chronic health condition (p < 0.01), as well as with marital status (p < 0.05). Waist circumference was not found to have a statistically significant association with smoking status (p < 0.05). Waist-to-height ratios were determined to associated with age, marital status, menopausal status, regular exercise, parental status, and chronic health conditions (p < 0.01) and with age at first marriage (p < 0.05), while the relationships with number of children and smoking status were not found to be statistically significant (p > 0.05).
International Journal of Epidemiology
Separate associations of waist and hip circumference with lifestyle factors1998 •
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Associations between gender, age and waist circumference2010 •
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Obesity risk: importance of the waist-to-height ratioThis article reviews the benefits and limitations of some of the different anthropometric measures to assess the health risks of obesity. Those covered are the body mass index, the waist-to-hip ratio, waist circumference and the waist-to-height ratio. The latter has the potential to be globally applicable to different ethnic populations and to children and adults. The suggested boundary values of 0.5 and 0.6 are used in a shape chart and shape calculator, described here, to indicate different levels of health risk in adults and children. A simple message from this work is 'keep your waist circumference to less than half your height'.
International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity
Waist and hip circumferences, and waist-hip ratio in 19 populations of the WHO MONICA Project1999 •
To assess differences in waist and hip circumferences and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) measured using a standard protocol among populations with different prevalences of overweight. In addition, to quantify the associations of these anthropometric measures with age and degree of overweight. Cross-sectional study of random population samples. More than 32000 men and women aged 25-64y from 19 (18 in women) populations participating in the second MONItoring trends and determinants in CArdiovascular disease (MONICA) survey from 1987-1992. Age standardized mean waist circumference range between populations from 83-98 cm in men and from 78-91cm in women. Mean hip circumference ranged from 94-105cm and from 97-108cm in men and women, respectively, and mean WHR from 0.87-0.99 and from 0.76-0.84, respectively. Together, height, body mass index (BMI), age group and population explained about 80% of the variance in waist circumference. BMI was the predominant determinant (77% in men, 75% women). S...
National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Waist-related anthropometric measures: Simple and useful predictors of coronary heart disease in women2015 •
International journal of preventive medicine
Increased Waist-to-height Ratio May Contribute to Age-related Increase in Cardiovascular Risk Factors2016 •
The risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) increases with age. The objective was to determine whether lifestyle and dietary behaviors and anthropometric measures, which are affected by these behaviors, contribute to the increase of CVD risk factors across age categories of 20-50-year-old. In a cross-sectional design, 437 adults aged 20-50-year-old were selected from households living in Shiraz. Risk factors of CVD, including body mass index (BMI), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), blood pressure, fasting blood glucose (FBG), serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, and low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C and HDL-C, respectively) as well as lifestyle behaviors (physical activity and smoking), dietary habits, and food intakes were assessed across the age categories of 20-29, 30-39, and 40-50 years. Linear regression was used to examine the contribution of different variables to the age-related increase of CVD risk factors. All CVD risk factors, except for HDL-C, significan...
Journal of epidemiology / Japan Epidemiological Association
Effect of age on the association between waist-to-height ratio and incidence of cardiovascular disease: the Suita study2013 •
Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) has been shown to be a useful screening tool for metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We investigated the association of WHtR with CVD incidence by age group. We conducted a 13.0-year cohort study of Japanese adults (2600 men and 2888 women) with no history of CVD. WHtR was calculated as waist circumference (cm) (WC) divided by height (cm). We stratified participants by sex and age group (30-49, 50-69, ≥70 years). Using the Cox proportional hazards model, we calculated hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs for CVD in relation to WHtR quartile for participants aged 50 to 69 years and 70 years or older. Men aged 50 to 69 years in the highest quartile had significantly increased risks of CVD and coronary heart disease as compared with the lowest quartile; the HRs (95% CI) were 1.82 (1.13-2.92) and 2.42 (1.15-5.12), respectively. Women aged 50 to 69 years in the highest quartile had a significantly increased risk of stroke (HR, 2.43; 95% CI, 1.01-5...
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International Journal of Pediatric Obesity
Waist-to-height ratio is correlated with height in US children and adolescents aged 2–18 years2008 •
Theriogenology
Transvaginal laparoscopic guided aspiration of bovine follicular oocytes: Preliminary results1993 •
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Microbiology (Reading, England)
Chromosome loss from par mutants of Pseudomonas putida depends on growth medium and phase of growth2002 •
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Microbial Cell
Mechanisms underlying lactic acid tolerance and its influence on lactic acid production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae2021 •
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Size-Tunable Silicon/Iron Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles with Fluorescence, Superparamagnetism, and Biocompatibility2011 •
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In-vitro inactivation of Escherichia coli of surface water using metalsNational Productivity Review
Managing for productivity: One‐third of the job1998 •