Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Waist circumference serves as a key indicator of abdominal obesity and predictor of cardiovascular and metabolic risk even in children. Under the current WHO standard methodology, waist circumference is measured midway between the lowest rib and the iliac crest. However, comparison of current and earlier data is complicated as different waist circumference measurement methodologies have been used in the past. For instance, previous Czech studies commonly worked w...