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Availability of waist circumference as a anthropometric index of abdominal obesity

Han JM, Yoo SM, Cheong YS, Park EW

  • KMID: 2295142
  • J Korean Acad Fam Med.
  • 2001 Feb;22(2):212-220.
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a risk factor of hyperlipidemia, DM, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. In clinical practice the evaluation of obesity has been done indirectly by anthropomet ric indices such as...
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The Usefulness of Waist/Height Ratio as an Obesity Index

Byun JS, Kim MJ, Hwang YW, Kim MJ, Kim SY, Hwang IH

  • KMID: 2253697
  • J Korean Acad Fam Med.
  • 2004 Apr;25(4):307-313.
BACKGROUND: Waist circumference and BMI have been known as an independent predictor for cardiovascular diseases. But some people with a normal BMI or normal waist circumference may have cardiovascular risk...
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Comparison of usefulness in the variable standards of waist circumference measurement

Kim JH, Park TS, Koh HJ

  • KMID: 2295114
  • J Korean Acad Fam Med.
  • 2001 Apr;22(4):548-555.
BACKGROUND: Waist circumferences are widely used to diagnosis and assessment of obesity but various standards of the measuring waist circumference originate the confusion on diagnosis and assessment of obesity. According...
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Correlation of Somatotype Drawing and Anthropometric Values

Jeong YS, Park EW, Bae JM, Lee Y

  • KMID: 2056330
  • J Korean Acad Fam Med.
  • 1997 Sep;18(9):918-926.
BACKGROUND: The evaluation of obesity in practice has been done indirectly by anthropometric values such as body mass index(BMI), waist and hip circumferences and waisthip ratio(WHR). Somatotype drawing developed by...
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Influence of Waist Circumference Index of Metabolic Syndrome on the Establishment of Reference Intervals

Ahn HJ, Jeon CI, Kim HR, Kim YA, Sun YK, Yoo JH

  • KMID: 2040482
  • J Lab Med Qual Assur.
  • 2008 Dec;30(2):301-306.
BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome is a combination of disorders that increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of...
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The Comparison of Efficacy of Obesity Indices for Screening Metabolic Risk Factors Among Adults In Jeju Island

Park SG, Lee YW, Kong MH, Kim HJ

  • KMID: 1992481
  • Korean J Obes.
  • 2010 Sep;19(3):101-106.
BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference have been widely used as indices to determine obesity along with waist/height ratio. The purpose of this study was to compare the...
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The Association between Carbohydrate Intake and Waist Circumference

Park S, Park MS, Ko JA

  • KMID: 1485473
  • Korean J Obes.
  • 2008 Dec;17(4):175-181.
BACKGROUND: Abdominal obesity is an important factor of metabolic syndrome and it is known as an independent risk factor of cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of obese population in Korea is...
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The Accuracy of the Assessment of Visceral Obesity by InBody 4.0 and Waist Circumference

Jeon HS, Kang JH, Kim SK, Yu BY

  • KMID: 2294560
  • J Korean Acad Fam Med.
  • 2006 Nov;27(11):904-910.
BACKGROUND: InBody 4.0, a bioelectrical impedance analyser (BIA) has an automatic function of printing out the measurement data of visceral fat area. The purpose of this study was to assess...
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Neck Circumference as a Measure for Identifying Obesity in Female College Students

Chaung SK

  • KMID: 2296648
  • J Korean Acad Fundam Nurs.
  • 2005 Dec;12(3):347-353.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify whether neck circumference might be correlated with other obesity indices and to determine the neck circumference cutoff level for obesity in...
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The Association between Thigh Circumference and Lipids Profile in Korean Population: The Korea Medical Institute Study

Jung KJ, Lee GJ, Jee SH

OBJECTIVE: We performed a study of the relationship between thigh circumference and serum lipids. METHODS: A total of 314,842 Korean men and women aged 30 to 79 enrolled in the Korea...
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Response: Relation between Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Echocardiographic Index of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function (Korean J Obes 2016;25:84-91)

Cho YJ, Lee GH

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Letter: Relation between Body Mass Index, Waist Circumference, and Echocardiographic Index of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function (Korean J Obes 2016;25:84-91)

Seo JA

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Cardiovascular Risk Assessment Based on Combined Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference in Korean Adults

Cho YG

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A Study on Comparison of the Physical Growth between the Korean and the Japanese Young Adults(18-29 yrs.)

Park SC, Kim JH

The physical conditions of the Korean and the Japanese young adults (aged 18-29) were analyzed for the 10 important body dimensions such as stature, body weight, sitting height, chest circumference,...
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The effects of cigarette smoking on abdominal fatness

Kim JH, Kim HY, Song CH, Lee KM, Jeung SP

  • KMID: 2295179
  • J Korean Acad Fam Med.
  • 2000 Sep;21(9):1172-1179.
BACKGROUND: With increase in the prevalence of obesity in recent years, much inferest has focused on obesity nowdays. Inerease in abdominal fatness raises mortality and morbidity of cardiovascular disease and...
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Correlation of Metabolic Syndrome with Waist Circumference and Waist-to-height Ratio

Kim JI, Yu BC, Jeon MJ, Kim JM, Choi JS, Park JY, Lee YH

  • KMID: 1835407
  • Korean J Obes.
  • 2009 Sep;18(3):87-93.
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to determine the association between waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio (W/Ht) to components of metabolic syndrome. METHODS: A total of 2,299 healthy examinees who...
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Adolescent obesity and the elevation of aminotransferase levels

Kim SY, Lee HJ, Park TS, Kim SG, Shin HJ

PURPOSE: The prevalence of obesity and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH) was increased in adolescents. This study was performed to observe the prevalence of elevated aminotransferase levels in adolescents and to assess the...
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Relationship between Body Fat Distribution and Metabolic Risk Factors in Adolescents

Kim DH, Seong TJ, Hong YJ, Son BK, Kim SK

  • KMID: 2207037
  • J Korean Pediatr Soc.
  • 2003 Apr;46(4):326-334.
PURPOSE: The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of obesity in adolescents; to study the association between obesity, blood pressure, and dyslipidemia; and to evaluate the superiority...
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Health-related quality of life in people with overweigh and large waist circumference

Park YW, Shin HC, Kim CH

  • KMID: 2295213
  • J Korean Acad Fam Med.
  • 2000 Jun;21(6):753-761.
BACKGROUND: The relationship between abnormal body fat distribution and increased risks of morbidity and mortality is well established. Less is known about the impact on functional health status and subjective...
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Waist Circumference May be More Important than Body Mass Index (BMI) in Determinants of Left Ventricular Mass in Korean Hypertensive Patients

Lim YH, Park BH, Kim SZ, Cho CG

BACKGROUND: In many studies, obesity is highly correlated with adverse coronary risk profile. Increased left ventricular (LV) mass is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. Hypertension is...
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