Which obesity index best explains prevalence differences in type 2 diabetes mellitus?

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1294-1301

  Lorenzo, Carlos ^a   Serrano Ríos, Manuel ^b   Martínez Larrad, María T ^b   Gonzalez Villalpando, Clicerio ^c   Williams, Ken ^a   Gabriel, Rafael ^d   Stern, Michael P ^a   Haffner, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c AMERICAN BRITISH COWDRAY MEDICAL CENTER   (Mexico)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Fat distribution

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34250619481     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.151     Document Type: Article

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