set abdominal obesity benchmarks at 80 cm for women and 90 cm for men. A waist-to-height ratio above 0.5 is also considered indicative of obesity. These measures are preferred over the traditional ...

Most patients — 78% of men and 90% of women — had abdominal obesity, defined as a waist circumference of 94 cm (37.6 inches) or above for men, and 80 cm (32 inches) or above for women.

New research shows waist-to-height ratio is a stronger predictor of heart failure than BMI. This could change how doctors ...

Measurements can be in centimeters (cm) or inches (in) without affecting the ratio. For example, if a person’s waist circumference is 80 cm (31.5 in) and their hip circumference is 90 cm (35.5 ...

For waist circumference, cut-off points of ≥90 cm in men and ≥80 cm in women may be most appropriate for prediction of individual and multiple risk factors in Caucasian populations.

See the results below: United States BMI: 29 Height: 176.4 cm (69.5 inches) Waist:99.4 cm waist (39.1 inches) A normal BMI ranges from 18.5 to 24.9. A BMI of 25 to 29.9 is considered overweight ...

OBJECTIVE: Body mass index (BMI) based on self‐reported height and weight is a systematically biased, but acceptable measure of adiposity and is commonly used in population surveys. Recent ...

For example, both an increase of about 12 cm in waist circumference (e.g., comparing WC of 91.8 cm vs. 80.0 cm) and an increase of 4.3 kg/m² in BMI (e.g., BMI of 28.3 kg/m² vs. 24 kg/m² ...

Most patients — 78% of men and 90% of women — had abdominal obesity, defined as a waist circumference of 94 cm (37.6 inches) or above for men, and 80 cm (32 inches) or above for women.