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Descriptor English: Waist Circumference
Descriptor Spanish: Circunferencia de la Cintura
Descriptor perímetro abdominal
Scope note: Medida de la circunferencia corporal al nivel del ABDOMEN, justo por encima del hueso de la cadera. La medición se toma inmediatamente después de la exhalación.
Descriptor Portuguese: Circunferência da Cintura
Descriptor French: Tour de taille
Entry term(s): Circumference, Waist
Circumferences, Waist
Waist Circumferences
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.115.100.160.560
E05.041.124.160.875
G07.100.100.160.560
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055105
Scope note: The measurement around the body at the level of the ABDOMEN and just above the hip bone. The measurement is usually taken immediately after exhalation.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
EH ethnology
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Anthropometry (1994-2008)
Body Constitution (1994-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Related: Sagittal Abdominal Diameter MeSH
Waist-Hip Ratio MeSH
DeCS ID: 53219
Unique ID: D055105
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Waist Circumference - Preferred
Concept UI M0513864
Scope note The measurement around the body at the level of the ABDOMEN and just above the hip bone. The measurement is usually taken immediately after exhalation.
Preferred term Waist Circumference
Entry term(s) Circumference, Waist
Circumferences, Waist
Waist Circumferences



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