 Waist Circumference
"Waist Circumference" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The measurement around the body at the level of the ABDOMEN and just above the hip bone. The measurement is usually taken immediately after exhalation.
| Descriptor ID |
D055105
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160.560 E05.041.124.160.875 G07.100.100.160.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Waist Circumference- Waist Circumference
- Circumference, Waist
- Circumferences, Waist
- Waist Circumferences
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist Circumference" by people in Profiles.
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Miller FL, O'Connor DP, Herring MP, Sailors MH, Jackson AS, Dishman RK, Bray MS. Exercise dose, exercise adherence, and associated health outcomes in the TIGER study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Jan; 46(1):69-75.
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Kellam S, Olvera N, Leung P, Liu J, Smith D. Effect of exercise dosages on adiposity indices in overweight girls. Salud Publica Mex. 2013; 55 Suppl 3:415-21.
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Ledoux TA, Watson K, Barnett A, Nguyen NT, Baranowski JC, Baranowski T. Components of the diet associated with child adiposity: a cross-sectional study. J Am Coll Nutr. 2011 Dec; 30(6):536-46.
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O'Connor DP, Bray MS, McFarlin BK, Ellis KJ, Sailors MH, Jackson AS. Ethnic bias in anthropometric estimates of DXA abdominal fat: the TIGER study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Sep; 43(9):1785-90.
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Olvera N, Scherer R, McLeod J, Graham M, Knox B, Hall K, Butte NF, Bush JA, Smith DW, Bloom J. BOUNCE: an exploratory healthy lifestyle summer intervention for girls. Am J Health Behav. 2010 Mar-Apr; 34(2):144-55.
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Dey D, Wong ND, Tamarappoo B, Nakazato R, Gransar H, Cheng VY, Ramesh A, Kakadiaris I, Germano G, Slomka PJ, Berman DS. Computer-aided non-contrast CT-based quantification of pericardial and thoracic fat and their associations with coronary calcium and Metabolic Syndrome. Atherosclerosis. 2010 Mar; 209(1):136-41.
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