Optimal waist circumference cut-offs for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in Iranian adults: Results of the third national survey of risk factors of non-communicable diseases (SuRFNCD-2007): Letters: Original Observations

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 745-746

  Esteghamati, A ^a   Abbasi, M ^a   Rashidi, A ^a   Meysamie, A ^b   Khalilzadeh, O ^a   Haghazali, M ^c   Asgari, F ^c   Nakhjavani, M ^a  

^a Valiasr Hospital   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED FASTING GLUCOSE; IRAN; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 67649827349     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02756.x     Document Type: Letter

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