Site or Size of Waist Circumference, Which one is More important in Metabolic Syndrome?

Syed Mohd Razi; Gutch Manish; Gupta Kumar Keshav; Kumar Sukriti; Abhinav Gupta

Site or Size of Waist Circumference, Which one is More important in Metabolic Syndrome?

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International Journal of Medicine and Public Health,2016,6,2,69-72.

DOI:10.5530/ijmedph.2016.2.4

Published:June 2016

Type:Review Article

Site or Size of Waist Circumference, Which one is More important in Metabolic Syndrome?

Syed Mohd Razi, Gutch Manish¹, Gupta Kumar Keshav², Kumar Sukriti¹, Abhinav Gupta¹

¹Dept of Endocrinology, LLRM Medical College, Meerut, UP, INDIA.

²Department of Radiodiagnosis, SGPGI, Lucknow, INDIA.

Abstract:

Abdominal obesity is one of the pivotal factors in defining the metabolic syndrome. Abdominal obesity is assessed by the various clinical surrogates among which waist circumference is considered to be simple, inexpensive and sensitive tool. But various controversies surround the exact cut offs and the ideal sites of waist circumference measurement, so in this review we discussed these issues. Read more...

Keywords:Abdominal obesity, Cardio metabolic risk, Harmonized Definition, Metabolic syndrome, Waist circumference

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Razi SMohd, Manish G, Keshav GKumar, Sukriti K, Gupta A. Site or Size of Waist Circumference, Which one is More important in Metabolic Syndrome?. International Journal of Medicine and Public Health. 2016;6(2):69-72.

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