Waist to hip ratio measure of body size and composition ... procedure: A simple calculation of the measurements of the waist girth divided by the hip girth. Waist to Hip Ratio (WHR) = Gw / Gh,

The authors previously reported an interaction of waist/hip ratio and family history on the risk of breast cancer in the Iowa Women's Health Study.

Physical activity and energy intake selectively predict the waist-to-hip ratio in men but not in women1–,2,3...

Key Words: Type 2 diabetes • North American Indians • body fat distribution • obesity • abdominal adiposity • waist-to-hip ratio • body mass index...

For PRL and estradiol a significant increase with gynecological age was only documented in the regular menstrual cycle group and for waist to hip ratio only in the irregular menstrual cycle group.

Rexrode et al, 1998). However, waist-to-hip ratio is considered an artificial term with no biological meaning, and it does not usefully reflect fat distribution or health better than...

For hip circumference, ... The minimal improvement that might result from the use of waist-to-height ratio was not felt to be sufficient to recommend the calculation of a ratio value.

A waist hip ratio of greater than 1.0 is high for men; a ratio of greater than 0.95 is high for women (others use a lower ratio as the definition of high - 0.9 for men, 0.8 for women).. ... Lists/Tables

Most health professionals consider BMI to be a relatively good index of obesity, and prefer to use it in preference to height-weight tables. ... WAIST-TO-HIP RATIO (WHR) CALCULATOR; A Waist-to-Hip

Table 3. Hazard ratios for risk of cardiovascular disease according to different levels of body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio by sexa...