Waist-to-height ratio is an appropriate index for identifying cardiometabolic risk in Chinese individuals with normal body mass index and waist circumference

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Zhu, Qihan ; Shen, Feixia ; Ye, Tingting ; Zhou, Qi ; Deng, Huihui ; Gu, Xuejiang

关键词: body mass index;    cardiometabolic risk;    Chinese;    waist circumference;    waist-to-height ratio;   

DOI  :  10.1111/1753-0407.12157

学科分类：内分泌与代谢学

【 摘 要 】

Background: The waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), a novel index that has been reported to correlate more strongly than body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with cardiometabolic risk factors, has not been studied in Chinese individuals with norma