This cross-sectional study of 1283 healthy children [‏681 boys, 602 girls]‏ aged 6-11 years tested the degree of correlation between waist circumference measurements and adiposity. The children were classified as normal, overweight or obese according to their body mass index [‏BMI]‏. For both sexes a highly positive correlation was found between waist circumference and BMI, percentage of body fat, subscapular and suprailiac skinfold thicknesses, and the sum of skinfold measures. Central overweight and obesity were indicators for central fatness for ...

We carried out a clinical cross-sectional study on 728 overweight and obese women aged 20-60 years during July 2005-May 2006 in Sistan and Baluchestan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Body mass index [‏BMI]‏ and waist circumference [‏WC]‏ showed significant correlation with total cholesterol [‏TC]‏, triglycerides [‏TG]‏ and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. After adjustment for age and BMI, this was also true for WC with TC and TG. There was no such correlation between waist-to-hip ratio [‏WHR]‏ and lipid profile. Hence, WC was a better anthropometric index ...