Assessing truncal obesity in predicting cardiometabolic risk in children: clinical measures versus dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.

Vincent J PalmieriMelissa H HenshawJanet CarterShahryar M Chowdhury

Published in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2017)

WHtR is an accurate measure of truncal obesity. WHtR showed stronger associations with measures of insulin resistance and truncal obesity than WHR.

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