Browsing Papers publicados por CIFE by Author "Pizarro, Alonso"

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Is waist-to-height ratio a better predictor of hypertension and type 2 diabetes than body mass index and waist circumference in the Chilean population?

Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Ulloa, Natalia; Martínez-Sanguinetti, María Adela; Leiva, Ana María; Martorell, Miquel; Villagrán, Marcelo; Troncoso-Pantoja, Claudia; Ho, Frederick K.; Celis-Morales, Carlos A. [Univ Mayor, Ctr Exercise Physiol Res CIFE, Chile]; Pizarro, Alonso (Elsevier Inc., 2020-12)

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify which anthropometric measurement (body mass index [BMI], waist circumference [WC], or waist-to-height ratio [WHtR]) is a better predictor of type 2 diabetes and hypertension ...
Optimal cut-off points for waist circumference in the definition of metabolic syndrome in Chile

Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Martínez-Sanguinetti, María Adela; Ho, Frederick K.; Celis-Morales, Carlos A. [Univ Mayor, Ctr Exercise Physiol Res CIFE, Chile]; Pizarro, Alonso (Cambridge University Press, 2020-11)

Objective: To identify sex-specific cut-off points for waist circumference (WC) in the definition of metabolic syndrome (MetS) for the Chilean adult population. Design: MetS was defined as the presence of at least two out ...