Developing equations to predict waist circumference measurements based on the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute method from the World Health Organization method

• Published in: Annals of epidemiology Vol. 53; pp. 21 - 26.e1
• Main Authors: Ostchega, Yechiam, Zhang, Guangyu, Gu, Qiuping, Isfahani, Neda Sarafrazi, Hughes, Jeffery P., Schall, Joan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Body Weights and Measures - methods; Female; Humans; Male; Measurement; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.); NHANES; Nutrition Surveys; Obesity, Abdominal - classification; Sensitivity and Specificity; United States; Waist Circumference; World Health Organization; Young Adult; United States; Measurement; Waist circumference; NHANES

The purpose of the study was to convert waist circumference (WC) measurements obtained by the World Health Organization (WHO-WC) method to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI-WC) method. During 2016, the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey participants aged 20 years and...