Abdominal obesity and the prevalence of diabetes and intermediate hyperglycaemia in Chinese adults

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1078-1084

  He, Yuna ^a,b   Zhai, Fengying ^a   Ma, Guansheng ^a   Feskens, Edith J M ^b   Zhang, Jian ^a   Fu, Ping ^a   Van't Veer, Pieter ^b   Yang, Xiaoguang ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abdominal adiposity; Body mass index; China; Glucose tolerance abnormalities; Intermediate hyperglycaemia; Obesity; Type 2 diabetes; Waist circumference; Waist:height ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69749091983     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003856     Document Type: Article

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