Waist Circumference Measurement Methodology Study: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2016

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Waist Circumference Measurement Methodology Study: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2016

Public Domain

January 2019
Series: NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series

File Language:

English

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Description:

This report compares five methods of waist circumference (WC) measurements: 1) the National Heart, Lung, and Blood institute (NHLBi-WC); 2) the World Health Organization (WHO-WC); 3) the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA-WC) using Gulick ii Plus tape; 4) the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA-WC) using Lufkin tape; and 5) assisted self-measurement over clothes (MESA-assisted).
Subjects:

Epidemiology Health Surveys Public Health Vital Statistics
Keywords:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
Source:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Series:

NCHS Vital and Health Statistics Series
Document Type:

Text
Genre:

Statistics ; Report
Place as Subject:

United States
CIO:

National Center for Health Statistics
Topic:

Health Statistics
Pages in Document:

20pdf pages
Volume:

2
Issue:

182
Collection(s):

National Center for Health Statistics
Main Document Checksum:

urn:sha-512:cd088cb796a5f01ebddb045ba800659103de52020648e6c24d8e375ddf399a6225a91ea7ae8c4a1f12b82eddcf12fa9f66e80d9274c376134c18284055205745
Download URL:

https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61728/cdc_61728_DS1.pdf
File Type:

[PDF - 1.13 MB ]

File Language:

English

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