Race-ethnicity–specific waist circumference cutoffs for identifying cardiovascular disease risk factors1–3 | Zendy

Shankuan Zhu | Zendy; Steven B. Heymsfield | Zendy; Hideaki Toyoshima | Zendy; ZiMian Wang | Zendy; Angelo Pietrobelli | Zendy; Stanley Heshka | Zendy

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Race-ethnicity–specific waist circumference cutoffs for identifying cardiovascular disease risk factors1–3

Author(s) -

Shankuan Zhu,

Steven B. Heymsfield,

Hideaki Toyoshima,

ZiMian Wang,

Angelo Pietrobelli,

Stanley Heshka

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

american journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1938-3207

pISSN - 0002-9165

DOI - 10.1093/ajcn.81.2.409

Subject(s) - waist , medicine , overweight , demography , body mass index , obesity , national health and nutrition examination survey , logistic regression , ethnic group , metabolic syndrome , gerontology , population , environmental health , sociology , anthropology

Waist circumferences (WCs) in white men and women that represent a risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) equivalent to that of body mass indexes (BMIs; in kg/m2) of 25 and 30 have been identified. However, WC cutoffs for other race-ethnicity groups remain unknown.

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