"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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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Waist Circumference" by people in Profiles.
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Associations between decreases in adiposity and reductions in HbA1c and insulin use in the Look AHEAD cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2025 Mar; 33(3):612-620.
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Metabolic syndrome and early stage breast cancer outcome: results from a prospective observational study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Jul; 182(2):401-409.
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Exercise dose, exercise adherence, and associated health outcomes in the TIGER study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2014 Jan; 46(1):69-75.
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Effect of exercise dosages on adiposity indices in overweight girls. Salud Publica Mex. 2013; 55 Suppl 3:415-21.
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Ethnic bias in anthropometric estimates of DXA abdominal fat: the TIGER study. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Sep; 43(9):1785-90.
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BOUNCE: an exploratory healthy lifestyle summer intervention for girls. Am J Health Behav. 2010 Mar-Apr; 34(2):144-55.