Abdominal volume index. An anthropometry-based index for estimation of obesity is strongly related to impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 428-432

  Guerrero Romero, Fernando ^a,b,c   Rodríguez Morán, Martha ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b Grupo Invest Diabet y Enferm C   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Diabetes; Impaired glucose tolerance; Obesity

Indexed keywords

FAT; GLUCOSE;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY REGIONS; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STERNUM; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

EID: 1542499791     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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