Varying sensitivity of waist action levels to identify subjects with overweight or obesity in 19 populations of The WHO MONICA Project

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1213-1224

  Molarius, Anu ^a,b   Seidell, Jacob C ^c   Sans, Susana ^d   Tuomilehto, Jaakko ^e   Kuulasmaa, Kari ^a  

^a Dept Epidemiol Hlth Prom N   (Finland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Cut off points; Waist circumference; WHO MONICA Project

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032697286     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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