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.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.600.115.100.160.560 E05.041.124.160.875 G07.100.100.160.560
Concept/Terms	Waist Circumference Waist Circumference Circumference, Waist Circumferences, Waist Waist Circumferences

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Waist Circumference".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Physical Examination [E01.370.600]
Body Constitution [E01.370.600.115]
Body Weights and Measures [E01.370.600.115.100]
Body Size [E01.370.600.115.100.160]
Waist Circumference [E01.370.600.115.100.160.560]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Anthropometry [E05.041]
Body Weights and Measures [E05.041.124]
Body Size [E05.041.124.160]
Waist Circumference [E05.041.124.160.875]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Body Constitution [G07.100]
Body Weights and Measures [G07.100.100]
Body Size [G07.100.100.160]
Waist Circumference [G07.100.100.160.560]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Waist Circumference".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Waist Circumference".

Waist Circumference
Lipid Accumulation Product

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
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	2	3
2017	1	6	7
2019	1	4	5
2020	2	1	3
2021	1	5	6
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	3	3
2024	0	1	1
2025	1	2	3

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Wanjerkhede P, Talavera G, Gallo LC, Crespo NC, Agalliu I, Olshan AF, Evenson KR, Rohan TE, Daviglus ML, Pirzada A, Parada H. Anthropometric measures and incidence of obesity-related cancers in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Onco-SOL ancillary study. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5).

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Aragaki AK, Manson JE, LeBlanc ES, Chlebowski RT, Tinker LF, Allison MA, Haring B, Odegaard AO, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Saquib N, Masaki K, Harris HR, Jager LR, Bea JW, Wactawski-Wende J, Anderson GL. Development and Validation of Body Mass Index-Specific Waist Circumference Thresholds in Postmenopausal Women : A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Aug; 178(8):1073-1084.

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Crespo NC, Vega-L?pez S, Szeszulski J, Todd M, Behar AI, Ray F, Hartmann L, Quintero AL, Hyde ET. Efficacy of a Community- and Family-Based Intervention on Cardiovascular Fitness and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors Among Primarily Latino Families. Am J Health Promot. 2025 Jun; 39(5):786-795.

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Lazareva J, Sisley SR, Brady SM, Smith ACM, Elsea SH, Pomeroy JJ, Roth CL, Sprague JE, Wabitsch M, Garrison J, Yanovski JA. Investigation of setmelanotide, an MC4R agonist, for obesity in individuals with Smith-Magenis syndrome. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2024 Jul-Aug; 18(4):301-307.

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Maskarinec G, Shvetsov Y, Wong MC, Cataldi D, Bennett J, Garber AK, Buchthal SD, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd JA. Predictors of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscle density: The ShapeUp! Kids study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2024 03; 34(3):799-806.

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Zheng C, Gill JMR, Sun FH, Huang WY, Sheridan S, Chen XK, Wu Y, Wong CK, Tian XY, Wong SH. Effects of increasing light versus moderate-to-vigorous physical activity on cardiometabolic health in Chinese adults with obesity. J Sports Sci. 2023 Sep; 41(16):1547-1557.

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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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Du Y, Xu T, Yin Z, Espinoza S, Xie Y, Gentry C, Tian Q, Zhao LJ, Shen H, Luo Z, Deng HW. Associations of physical activity with sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity in middle-aged and older adults: the Louisiana osteoporosis study. BMC Public Health. 2022 05 05; 22(1):896.

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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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