Waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio are related to gestational glucose tolerance

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-511

  Branchtein, Leandro ^a   Schmidt, Maria Inês ^b   Mengue, Sotero S ^b   Reichelt, Ângela J ^c   Matos, Maria Cristina G ^b   Duncan, Bruce B ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030945289     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.4.509     Document Type: Article

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