Associations of hip and thigh circumferences independent of waist circumference with the incidence of type 2 diabetes: The Hoorn Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1192-1197

  Snijder, Marieke B ^a   Dekker, Jacqueline M ^a   Visser, Marjolein ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a   Kostense, Piet J ^a   Yudkin, John S ^a,b   Heine, Robert J ^a   Nijpels, Giel ^a   Seidell, Jacob C ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMI; Body composition; Fat distribution; Hip circumference; Insulin resistance; The Hoorn Study; Thigh circumference; Type 2 diabetes; Waist circumference; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIP; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; THIGH;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HIP; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THIGH;

EID: 0038811794     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/77.5.1192     Document Type: Article

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