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  1. Excluded Studies - Lipid Screening in Childhood for Detection of Multifactorial Dyslipidemia - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK379669
    ... et al. Relation of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and ... Graves L, Garnett SP, Cowell CT, et al. Waist-to-height ratio and cardiometabolic risk factors in adolescence: findings from ...
  2. Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®) - PDQ Cancer Information Summaries - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK65832
    ... composition values to that of peers. Waist circumference, waist-to-height ratio, and total and percent fat mass were higher ...
  3. References - Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK384736
    ... YH, Chen J. Role of Body Mass Index, Waist-to-Height and Waist-to-Hip Ratio in Prediction of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Gastroenterology ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America : 2008 
    Publication: Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, August 2008
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101509791
    ... the percentile but below the 95th percentile were waist-to-height ratio might be a better indi- defined as “at ... Number of People with Diabetes Continues to and Waist-to-Height Ratio to Cardiovascular Increase.” U.S. Department of Health and ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - Long term follow up of survivors of childhood cancer : a national clinical guideline 
    Publication: Edinburgh, Scotland : Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), March 2013
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101671094
    ... associated with markers of central adiposity such as waist to height ratio, which is a strong predictor of increased abdominal ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - F as in fat : how obesity policies are failing in America : 2009 
    Publication: Washington, DC : Trust for America's Health, 2009
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101509792
    ... above Journal of Obesity recently reported that the waist-to-height the 99th percentile is labeled as “severe obesity”.25 ratio might be a better indicator of health, which ...