March 1, 2016Open Access

Waist-to-height ratio as an indicator of ‘early health risk’: simpler and more predictive than using a ‘matrix’ based on BMI and waist circumference

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Use of a simple boundary value for WHtR (0.5) identifies more people at 'early health risk' than does a more complex 'matrix' using traditional boundary values for BMI and WC. WHtR may be a simpler and more predictive indicator of the 'early heath risks' associated with central obesity.

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Ashwell et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56b3b75589c71d767c992 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010159

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