Body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio cut-off points for categorisation of obesity among Omani Arabs

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-108

  Al Lawati, Jawad A ^a   Jousilahti, Pekka ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Cut off points; Obesity; Oman

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARAB; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ARABS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 36849021042     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000183     Document Type: Article

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