Effect of the Site of Measurement of Waist Circumference on the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome

Waist circumference (WC) is widely advocated as a marker of health risk and is a key diagnostic criterion for metabolic syndrome (MS); yet, there remains no uniformly accepted measurement protocol. The purpose of this study was to determine whether WC is differentially associated with cardiometabolic risk factors according to its anatomic measurement site and to quantify the impact of measurement site on prevalence of MS. The sample included 520...