Waist‐to‐Height Ratio and Body Mass Index as Indicators of Cardiovascular Risk in Youth

Abstract

A significant association was observed between indicators of cardiovascular health risk and both WHTR and BMI in the entire NHANES cohort of boys and girls as well as in the older age groups. The younger groups of participants did not display a notable link between these cardiovascular indicators and WHTR or BMI.

Predictive capacity of anthropometric indicators for dyslipidemia screening in children and adolescents

“…These findings corroborate the data of literature, indicating that anthropometry is more useful to discriminate dyslipidemia in late adolescence. 26 TSF showed the worst performance in predicting dyslipidemia, especially in females. Other studies also reported a weak association between this skinfold measure and cardiovascular risk factors in the pediatric population.…”

Objectively measured physical activity, sedentary time and sleep duration: independent and combined associations with adiposity in canadian children

“…Recent investigations showed that WHtR is a useful index to identify children with high cardiometabolic risk. 17, 18, 19 A WHtR cut-point ⩾0.5 is associated with increased cardiometabolic risk.…”

Overweight-Obesity Prevalence in Children of North-West Italy: Efficacy of Counselling

“…The waist circumference was measured at the end of a normal expiration, with a folding ruler placed in the middle between the iliac crest and the costal arch. These last parameters, according to the most recent literature data [6][7][8], allow a more reliable quantification and stratification of both cardiovascular risk and metabolic syndrome [9][10][11][12]. Because it is internationally admitted that cut-offs must be specific for each population [13], a waist-height ratio cut-off equal to or higher than 0.50 for overweight children and 0.60 for obese children [14,15] was decided, in agreement with the literature specific for the Italian population.…”