Toward establishing normal waist circumference in Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (Arab) populations. Cutoff values for waist circumference in Iraqi adults

International Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-16

  Mansour, Abbas Ali ^a   Al Hassan, Aymen A ^b   Al Jazairi, Meelad Imad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASRAH   (Iraq)

^b Abu Al Khasib Medical Center for Maternity and Childhood   (Iraq)

^c Al Faiha Hospital Basrah   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Iraq; Metabolic syndrome; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE EAST; NORMAL VALUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 40649126407     PISSN: 16067754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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