Appropriate body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs for categorization of overweight and central adiposity among Chinese adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1129-1136

  Wildman, Rachel P ^a   Gu, Dongfeng ^b   Reynolds, Kristi ^a   Duan, Xianfeng ^b   He, Jiang ^a,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; China; Cutoffs; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 16544362379     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.5.1129     Document Type: Article

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