Predictive values of waist circumference for dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes and hypertension in overweight White, Black, and Hispanic American adults

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-408

  Okosun, Ike S ^a   Liao, Youlian ^b   Rotimi, Charles N ^c   Choi, Simon ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Cardiovascular risk factors; Predictive values; Sensitivity; Specificity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034000269     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(99)00217-6     Document Type: Article

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