Cut-off value of Waist-to-Hip Ratio as a predictor of metabolic syndrome in adolescents with obesity

• Main Authors: Aisiyah Widjaja, Nur, Arifani, Rizka, Irawan, Roedi
• Format: Article PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English; English; English
• Published: Mattioli1885 2023
• Subjects: R5-920 Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://repository.unair.ac.id/128446/1/Acta%20Biomedica_WHR.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/128446/2/Nur%20Aisiyah%20Widjaja_Acta%20Biomedica_2023.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/128446/3/Cut-off%20value%20of%20Waist.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/128446/4/Karil%206.pdf; https://repository.unair.ac.id/128446/; https://www.mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/13755
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Background and aim: Metabolic syndrome is present in 7% of adolescents and 19 to 35% in obese adolescents, and the cause of this condition has not been fully understood. Early identification of the risk involved could be an initial step in preventing a metabolic syndrome. Increased waist circumferen...