Utility of waist-to-height ratio in assessing the status of central obesity and related cardiometabolic risk profile among normal weight and overweight/obese children: The Bogalusa Heart Study

• Main Authors: Xu Jihua (Author), Chen Wei (Author), Fernandez Camilo (Author), DasMahapatra Pronabesh (Author), Srinivasan Sathanur R (Author), Mokha Jasmeet S (Author), Berenson Gerald S (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Body Mass Index (BMI) is widely used to assess the impact of obesity on cardiometabolic risk in children but it does not always relate to central obesity and varies with growth and maturation. Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) is a relati...