Sentence examples for circumference point from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, for each subject, weight, height, neck circumference (just below the larynx), waist circumference (point of minimal abdominal circumference, usually located about halfway between the navel and the lower end of the sternum in females; in males, across the navel), and in women hip circumference (over the greatest protrusion of the gluteus muscles) were measured.

Clinical assessments included measurement of blood pressure (BP), height, weight, anthropometric measurements of abdominal and hip circumference, point of care random lipid and glucose profiling, electrocardiography (ECG), spirometry, and in a sub-sample, the ankle brachial pressure index to identify peripheral arterial disease.

Only BMI and waist circumference affected point estimates by more than 10%.

Additionally, for men, we used the waist circumference cutoff point > 94 cm [ 16].

A final waist circumference cut point value was defined for each sex as the average value weighted for the area under the ROC curve for each end point.

The optimal waist circumference cutoff point to predict the presence of at least two other components of the metabolic syndrome was 86 cm for men and 92 cm for women.

Taken collectively, these issues argue for public health action points for metabolic risk at lower BMI (and waist circumference) cut-points among the South Asian and African-Caribbean ethnic groups, but it would be important to not use these cut points to classify or label people as obese, which could incur unintended consequences.

Optimal waist circumference cut points also have been identified.

Waist circumference cutoff points differ from those currently recommended for Africans.

Waist circumference cutoff points for both men and women differ from those currently recommended for Africans.

In men, corresponding optimal waist circumference cut points were 96, 99, and 96 cm.