New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...

Men with an extra 11cm on their waistlines by the end of the study increased their risk of developing cancer by 25 per cent. By comparison, an increase in BMI of 3.7 - for example, rising from 24 ...

With professional views split on the use of body mass index (BMI) to measure men’s health, two experts from Cleveland Clinic explain why men’s BMI calculators can be so divisive, but when men ...

0.001 BMI indicates body mass index; CKD-EPI, chronic kidney disease epidemiology collaboration; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; IOP, intraocular ...

Finally, because WC and BMI are measured on different scales (1 standard deviation [SD] = 3.7 and 4.3 kg/m² for BMI for males and females respectively, and 10.8 and 11.8 cm for WC for males and ...