The Relationship of Body Mass Index and Waist-Hip Ratio on the 9-Year Incidence of Diabetes and Hypertension in a Predominantly African-origin Population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 657-663

  Nemesure, Barbara ^a,d   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a,d   Hennis, Anselm ^a,b,c,d   Leske, M Cristina ^a,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Barbados   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Hypertension; Incidence; Type 2 Diabetes; Waist Hip Ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARBADOS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 47549100667     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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