Volume 32, Nº 3, Maio e Junho 2019
DOI: http://www.dx.doi.org/10.5935/2359-4802.20180079
PONTO DE VISTA
Abdominal Circumference or Waist Circumference?
Tiago de Oliveira Chaves
Michel Silva Reis
Introduction
Circumference measures, also called perimetry, are part of the anthropometric evaluation.1 Important Brazilian guidelines, as well as the Brazilian Society of Cardiology (SBC),2 have considered the abdominal circumference values as a point of reference to classify the risk for cardiovascular disease development.
Keywords: Waist Circumference; Waist - Hip Ratio; Abdominal Circumference; Cardiovascular Diseases; Risk Factors; Anthropometry.