Waist Circumference

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A text messaging-assisted randomized lifestyle weight loss clinical trial among overweight adults in Beijing. 
  • Adiposity and blood pressure in South Asian children and adolescents in Karachi. 
  • Adiposity and risk of decline in glomerular filtration rate: meta-analysis of individual participant data in a global consortium. 
  • Adiposity in relation to age at menarche and other reproductive factors among 300 000 Chinese women: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank study. 
  • Adiposity measures and pre-diabetes or diabetes in adults with hypertension in Singapore polyclinics. 
  • An FTO variant is associated with Type 2 diabetes in South Asian populations after accounting for body mass index and waist circumference. 
  • Anthropometric differences between HIV-infected individuals prior to antiretroviral treatment and the general population from 1998-2007: the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Longitudinal Linked Randomized Trials (ALLRT) cohort and NHANES. 
  • Association of Central Adiposity With Adverse Cardiac Mechanics: Findings From the Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network Study. 
  • Association of PM_2.5 and Its Chemical Compositions with Metabolic Syndrome: A Nationwide Study in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults. 
  • Association of a reduction in central obesity and phosphorus intake with changes in urinary albumin excretion: the PREMIER study. 
  • Associations between health-related quality of life, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength, physical activity and waist circumference in 10-year-old children: the ASK study. 
  • Associations of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference with 3-Year All-Cause Mortality Among the Oldest Old: Evidence from a Chinese Community-Based Prospective Cohort Study. 
  • Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in U.S. Latinos. 
  • Body composition parameters as correlates of coronary artery disease. 
  • Body-composition changes in the Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE)-2 study: a 2-y randomized controlled trial of calorie restriction in nonobese humans. 
  • Childhood body mass index and endothelial dysfunction evaluated by peripheral arterial tonometry in early midlife. 
  • Coming unmoored: disproportionate increases in obesity prevalence among young, disadvantaged white women. 
  • Digital phenotyping by consumer wearables identifies sleep-associated markers of cardiovascular disease risk and biological aging. 
  • Eating behaviors, mental health, and food intake are associated with obesity in older congregate meal participants. 
  • Effect of obesity on retinal vascular structure in pre-adolescent children. 
  • Effects of low-carbohydrate diets versus low-fat diets on metabolic risk factors: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials. 
  • Effects of physical activity intensity on adulthood obesity as a function of long-term exposure to ambient PM_2.5 : Observations from a Chinese nationwide representative sample. 
  • Emerging risk factors as markers for carotid intima media thickness scores. 
  • Evening heart rate measured at home is associated with visceral obesity and abnormal fat distribution in patients with hypertension. 
  • Excess body mass index- and waist circumference-years and incident cardiovascular disease: the CARDIA study. 
  • Gender-dependent association of body mass index and waist circumference with disability in the Chinese oldest old. 
  • Genetic association with lipids in Filipinos: waist circumference modifies an APOA5 effect on triglyceride levels. 
  • Genome-wide association studies in East Asians identify new loci for waist-hip ratio and waist circumference. 
  • Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults. 
  • Genomewide pharmacogenomic study of metabolic side effects to antipsychotic drugs. 
  • Heritability estimates of endophenotypes of long and health life: the Long Life Family Study. 
  • Heterogeneity of healthy aging: comparing long-lived families across five healthy aging phenotypes of blood pressure, memory, pulmonary function, grip strength, and metabolism. 
  • Impact of psychological stress on the associations between apolipoprotein E variants and metabolic traits: findings in an American sample of caregivers and controls. 
  • Influence of blood pressure and body mass index on retinal vascular caliber in preschool-aged children. 
  • Interindividual Differences in Trainability and Moderators of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Waist Circumference, and Body Mass Responses: A Large-Scale Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. 
  • Is Body Mass Index the Best Adiposity Measure for Prostate Cancer Risk? Results From a Veterans Affairs Biopsy Cohort. 
  • Is the adiposity-associated FTO gene variant related to all-cause mortality independent of adiposity? Meta-analysis of data from 169,551 Caucasian adults. 
  • Low birth weight is associated with components of the metabolic syndrome. 
  • Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of Breast Cancer by Molecular Subtype: Analysis of the MEND Study. 
  • Neck circumference and the development of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Framingham Heart Study. 
  • Obesity and synergistic risk factors for chronic kidney disease in African American adults: the Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Obesity-related parameters and colorectal adenoma development. 
  • Perceived Discrimination and Trajectories of C-Reactive Protein: The Jackson Heart Study. 
  • Physical activity, television viewing time, and retinal vascular caliber. 
  • Physical activity, weight, and waist circumference in midlife women. 
  • Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Vegetable Gardening Intervention among Older Cancer Survivors Shows Feasibility, Satisfaction, and Promise in Improving Vegetable and Fruit Consumption, Reassurance of Worth, and the Trajectory of Central Adiposity. 
  • Predictors of incident heart failure hospitalizations among patients with impaired glucose tolerance: insight from the Nateglinide And Valsartan in Impaired Glucose Tolerance Outcomes Research study. 
  • Prevalence of apparent treatment-resistant hypertension among individuals with CKD. 
  • Prospective association between fasting NEFA and type 2 diabetes: impact of post-load glucose. 
  • Salivary estradiol and testosterone in Filipino men: Diurnal patterns and relationships with adiposity. 
  • Self-reported health parameters compared with clinician measurements: methods in practice-based research. 
  • Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies. 
  • Sleep onset, duration, or regularity: which matters most for child adiposity outcomes? 
  • Socio-economic status over the life course and obesity: Systematic review and meta-analysis. 
  • Standardisation of diet and exercise in clinical trials of NAFLD-NASH: Recommendations from the Liver Forum. 
  • Support for Women Achieving Cardiovascular Health Through Exercise And Nutrition (SWAN) Study Pilot. 
  • Systolic blood pressure and adiposity: examination by race and gender in a nationally representative sample of young adults. 
  • The Dose-Response Relationship Between Physical Activity and Cardiometabolic Health in Young Adults. 
  • The association between waist circumference and risk of mortality considering body mass index in 65- to 74-year-olds: a meta-analysis of 29 cohorts involving more than 58 000 elderly persons. 
  • The effectiveness of two community-based weight loss strategies among obese, low-income US Latinos. 
  • The incremental value of medical nutrition therapy in weight management. 
  • Weight-related quality of life and temperament as predictors and moderators of outcomes among treatment-seeking, low-income, ethnically diverse children with obesity.