Anthropometric cut points for identification of cardiometabolic risk factors in an urban Asian Indian population

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 961-968

  Mohan, Viswanathan ^a   Deepa, Mohan ^a   Farooq, Syed ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^b   Datta, Manjula ^c   Deepa, Raj ^a  

^a MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CUT POINT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INDIAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PARAMETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34250013087     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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