Sensitivity and specificity of anthropometrics for the prediction of diabetes in a biracial cohort

Obesity Research

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 696-705

  Stevens, June ^a   Couper, David ^a   Pankow, James ^a   Folsom, Aaron R ^b   Duncan, Bruce B ^c   Nieto, F Javier ^d   Jones, Daniel ^e   Tyroler, Herman A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cut point; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Fat patterning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; RACE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035515391     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2001.94     Document Type: Article

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