Utility of Body Mass Index, Waist-to-Height-Ratio and cardiorespiratory fitness thresholds for identifying cardiometabolic risk in 10.4-17.6-year-old children

The magnitude of associations was broadly similar for BMI, WHtR and cardiorespiratory fitness in identifying individuals at increased cardiometabolic risk. Yet, combining BMI with WHtR in boys may provide a more accurate method for identifying those at increased cardiometabolic risk.