Is the 90th Percentile Adequate? The Optimal Waist Circumference Cutoff Points for Predicting Cardiovascular Risks in 124,643 15-Year-Old Taiwanese Adolescents

• Jason Jiunshiou Lee,

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Yangming Branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3638-8492

  ⨯
• ChinYu Ho ,

  * E-mail: dag21@tpech.gov.tw; hochinyu@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Family Medicine, Yangming Branch, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Health Care Management, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan, Department of Leisure Industry and Health Promotion, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan

  ⨯
• Hsin-Jen Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan

  ⨯
• Nicole Huang,

  Affiliation Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan

  ⨯
• Jade Chienyu Yeh,

  Affiliation Department of Family Medicine, Lo-Sheng Sanatorium and Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, New Taipei City, Taiwan

  ⨯
• Sarah deFerranti

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States of America

  ⨯