Anthropometric cutoff points for predicting chronic diseases in the Mexican National Health Survey 2000

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 442-451

  Sánchez Castillo, Claudia P ^a   Velázquez Monroy, Oscar ^b,d   Berber, Arturo ^c   Lara Esqueda, Agustín ^b   Tapia Conyer, Roberto ^b,e   James, W Philip T ^f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^c Navarro Children's Psychiatric Hospital   (Mexico)

^d National Health Survey 2000   (Mexico)

^e Ministry of Health   (Mexico)

^f International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Likelihood ratio; Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0038207752     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.60     Document Type: Review

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