Example sentences for: whr

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  • There was a significant association with the highest tertile of WHR but the likelihood ratio test (LRT) for trend ( P = 0.07) was not significant.

  • The body mass index (BMI) (weight [kg]/height [m 2]; obesity = BMI ≥ 30) and WHR were computed (waist circumference [cm]/hip circumference [cm]), and four subjects with WHR > 1.2 and WHR < 0.6 were excluded.

  • These measurements were recorded to the nearest 0.5 cm, and the averages of two measures (different by no more than 1 cm) were used to calculate the waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).

  • In the Nurses' Health Study, the adjusted risk for the highest quintile compared with the lowest quintile of WHR among postmenopausal women who had never used hormone replacement therapy was 1.85 (95% confidence interval = 1.25-2.

  • Studies of WHR and the risk of breast cancer are limited by systematic bias in the measurement of WHR across studies [ 36 ] , which may have been controlled somewhat in this study by using nurse interviewers and adhering to the World Health Organization MONICA guidelines [ 10 ] . In case-control studies like the present one, selection and recall bias can be problematic.


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