Waist circumference, BMI and the prevalence of self-reported diabetes among the elderly of the United States and six cities of Latin America and the Caribbean

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-427

  Barcelo A ^a   Gregg, E W ^b   Pastor Valero, M ^c   Robles, S C ^d  

^a PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c Maestro Albeniz   (Spain)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes prevalence; Elderly; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARIBBEAN REGION; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35748977103     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2007.06.008     Document Type: Article

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