Waist‐to‐height ratio is the best indicator for undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes

Abstract

By comparison with BMI, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio, waist-to-height ratio ≥ 0.5 may be the best indicator for undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glucose.

Lifetime shift work exposure: association with anthropometry, body composition, blood pressure, glucose and heart rate variability

“…Component 5, in turn, the ‘insulin resistance component’, included only FG and WHR. This finding corroborates recent studies50 51 demonstrating that WHR is the best anthropometric measure to predict diabetes type 2. Curiously, PC5 did not include VFA, suggesting that FG in shift workers is more associated with WHR than with VFA itself.…”

Obesity indices comparison and its correlation with random blood sugar and blood pressure in adults in rural field practice area of a medical college

“…12 In young children, WHtR is not superior to WC or BMI in estimating Body Fat%, nor is WHtR better correlated with cardio-metabolic risk factor than WC or BMI in overweight/ obese children. These data do not support the use of WHtR in young children.…”

Validity of anthropometric measurements for characterizing obesity among adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study

“…In research settings, skinfold derived body fat percentages are used to calculate percent body fat and have been validated in healthy adults with correlations ranging from 0.71 to 0.82 when compared to DXA 17, 18 . WHtR has been shown to be a good index of body adiposity in adults 19 and has been shown to be a better predictor for cardiovascular events 20 and diabetes 21 than BMI. In a recent study of healthy individuals by Brambilla et al, while skinfolds was the best predictor of percent body fat and percent trunk fat, WHtR was a better predictor than BMI or waist circumference alone 22 .…”