Waist-to-height ratio is a better obesity index than body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio for predicting diabetes, hypertension and lipidemia

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Sayeed, M A ^a   Mahtab, H ^b   Latif, Z A ^b   Khanam, P A ^b   Ahsan, K A ^b   Banu, A ^c   Azad Khan, A K ^b  

^a Ibrahim Medical College   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VOLUNTEER;

BANGLADESH; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0942298967     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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