Open AccessAlternative waist-to-height ratios associated with risk biomarkers in youth with diabetes: comparative models in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study
Author(s) -
Henry S. Kahn,
Jasmin Divers,
Nora Fino,
Dana Dabelea,
Ronny A. Bell,
Lenna L. Liu,
Victor W. Zhong,
Sharon Saydah
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.663
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1476-5497
pISSN - 0307-0565
DOI - 10.1038/s41366-019-0354-8
Subject(s) - medicine , anthropometry , waist , quartile , logistic regression , blood pressure , prospective cohort study , demography , diabetes mellitus , waist to height ratio , covariate , biomarker , national health and nutrition examination survey , body mass index , physical therapy , endocrinology , environmental health , statistics , confidence interval , population , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , sociology
The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) estimates cardiometabolic risk in youth without need for growth charts by sex and age. Questions remain about whether waist circumference measured per protocol of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (W NHA HtR) or World Health Organization (W WHO HtR) can better predict blood pressures and lipid parameters in youth.