Body mass index and obesity-related metabolic disorders in Taiwanese and US whites and blacks: Implications for definitions of overweight and obesity for Asians

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-39

  Pan, Wen Harn ^a,b   Flegal, Katherine M ^c   Chang, Hsing Yi ^d   Yeh, Wen Ting ^a   Yeh, Chih Jung ^a,b   Lee, Wen Chung ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asians; BMI; Definitions; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Hyperuricemia; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEGRO; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 12344337734     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.1.31     Document Type: Article

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