"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 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2010 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2011 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
2012 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2013 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
2014 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
2015 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2016 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2017 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
2019 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2023 | 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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Nalini M, Poustchi H, Roshandel G, Kamangar F, Khoshnia M, Gharavi A, Brennan P, Boffetta P, Dawsey SM, Abnet CC, Malekzadeh R, Etemadi A. Association Between Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Opium Use: Mediation by Body Mass and Adiposity. Am J Epidemiol. 2023 11 10; 192(12):2050-2062.
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Bennett JP, Liu YE, Quon BK, Kelly NN, Leong LT, Wong MC, Kennedy SF, Chow DC, Garber AK, Weiss EJ, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd JA. Three-dimensional optical body shape and features improve prediction of metabolic disease risk in a diverse sample of adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 08; 30(8):1589-1598.
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Ram?rez-Marrero FA, Nazario CM, Rosario-Rosado RV, Schelske-Santos M, Mansilla-Rivera I, Nie J, Hern?ndez-Santiago J, Freudenheim JL. Anthropometric measures and breast cancer risk among Hispanic women in Puerto Rico. Cancer Causes Control. 2022 Jul; 33(7):971-981.
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Modi A, Gadhavi R, P?rez CM, Joshipura K. Longitudinal association between adiposity measures and regression of prediabetes/diabetes. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 10 28; 31(11):3085-3094.
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Bruce MA, Thorpe RJ, Teng F, Heitman E, Reneker JC, Norris KC, Beech BM. Social and Behavioral Factors Associated with BMI and Waist Circumference among Adolescents: The Jackson Heart KIDS Pilot Study. Ethn Dis. 2021; 31(3):453-460.
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Yamanaka AB, Davis JD, Wilkens LR, Hurwitz EL, Fialkowski MK, Deenik J, Leon Guerrero RT, Novotny R. Determination of Child Waist Circumference Cut Points for Metabolic Risk Based on Acanthosis Nigricans, the Children's Healthy Living Program. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 06 24; 18:E64.
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Leech RM, Boushey CJ, McNaughton SA. What do Australian adults eat for breakfast? A latent variable mixture modelling approach for understanding combinations of foods at eating occasions. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2021 03 25; 18(1):46.
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Lee SR, Han KD, Choi EK, Oh S, Lip GYH. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and the risk of atrial fibrillation stratified by body mass index: a nationwide population-based study. Sci Rep. 2021 02 12; 11(1):3737.
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Davis SK, Xu R, Khan RJ, Gaye A. Adiposity and Leukocyte Telomere Length in US Adults by Sex-Specific Race/Ethnicity: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Ethn Dis. 2020; 30(3):441-450.
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Gellert KS, Keil AP, Zeng D, Lesko CR, Aubert RE, Avery CL, Lutsey PL, Siega-Riz AM, Windham BG, Heiss G. Reducing the Population Burden of Coronary Heart Disease by Modifying Adiposity: Estimates From the ARIC Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 02 18; 9(4):e012214.