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Waist Circumference

Known as: Circumference, Waist, Circumferences, Waist, circumference waist 
A circumferential measurement of the waist, which may be classified as the area immediately below the lowest rib, at the narrowest part of the torso… 
National Institutes of Health

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CDISC SDTM Vital Sign Terminology by CodeClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologySagittal Abdominal DiameterWaist-Hip Ratio

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
Effects of a high-protein/low carbohydrate versus a standard hypocaloric diet on adipocytokine levels and insulin resistance in obese patients along 9 months.
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Serum sex hormone-binding globulin levels are independently associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in people with type 2 diabetes.
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Diabetes remission and reduced cardiovascular risk after gastric bypass in Asian Indians with body mass index <35 kg/m(2).
Review
2008
Review
2008
Recent advances in metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Lifestyle behaviours and components of energy balance as independent predictors of ghrelin and adiponectin in young non-obese women.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Size at birth, the metabolic syndrome and 24‐h salivary cortisol profile
objective  Individual variation in hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis (HPAA) function has been suggested to be important in… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Plasma adiponectin in overweight, nondiabetic individuals with or without insulin resistance
Aim:  Adiponectin is a protein produced exclusively by adipocytes with putative insulin‐sensitizing and anti‐atherogenic… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Effect of a moderately energy-restricted diet on obese patients with fatty liver.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Effect of physical exercise on lipoprotein(a) and low-density lipoprotein modifications in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients.
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Very low calorie diet (VLCD): a useful alternative in the treatment of the obese NIDDM patient.
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