"Waist Circumference" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The measurement around the body at the level of the ABDOMEN and just above the hip bone. The measurement is usually taken immediately after exhalation.
| Descriptor ID |
D055105
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.115.100.160.560 E05.041.124.160.875 G07.100.100.160.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Waist Circumference- Waist Circumference
- Circumference, Waist
- Circumferences, Waist
- Waist Circumferences
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 8 | 42 | 50 |
| 2018 | 11 | 45 | 56 |
| 2019 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist Circumference" by people in Profiles.
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Weight trajectories and abdominal adiposity in COVID-19 survivors with overweight/obesity. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 09; 45(9):1986-1994.
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Abdominal obesity phenotype is associated with COVID-19 chest X-ray severity score better than BMI-based obesity. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Feb; 27(1):345-359.
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Poor Metabolic Health Increases COVID-19-Related Mortality in the UK Biobank Sample. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021; 12:652765.
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Predicting Obesity Using Facial Pictures during COVID-19 Pandemic. Biomed Res Int. 2021; 2021:6696357.
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Measures of Adiposity and Risk of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the UK Biobank Study. J Obes. 2021; 2021:8837319.
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Tackling obesity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2021 03; 37(3):e3393.
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Association of obesity and its genetic predisposition with the risk of severe COVID-19: Analysis of population-based cohort data. Metabolism. 2020 11; 112:154345.
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Association between adiposity levels and cognitive impairment in the Chilean older adult population. J Nutr Sci. 2019; 8:e33.
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Dietary Phytochemical Index and Benign Breast Diseases: A Case-Control Study. Nutr Cancer. 2020; 72(6):1067-1073.
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Evaluation of the appropriate predictive contributor and diagnostic threshold for the cardio-metabolic syndrome in Chinese Uyghur adults. BMC Public Health. 2019 May 21; 19(1):613.