The ability of waist-to-height ratio to identify health risk.

Márcia Mara Corrêa Luiz Augusto Facchini Elaine Thumé Elizabete Regina Araújo de Oliveira Elaine Tomasi

Published in: Revista de saude publica (2019)

The waist-to-height ratio identified more individuals at early health risk than the combination matrix between the body mass index and the waist circumference and showed comparable ability to identify health risk, regardless of gender and age, regarding the prevalence ratios for systemic arterial hypertension.

Keyphrases

health risk
body mass index
arterial hypertension
heavy metals
drinking water
physical activity
risk factors
body weight
mental health
risk assessment