Performance of body mass index in predicting diabetes and hypertension in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 437-445

  Almajwal, Ali M ^a,b   Al Baghli, Nadira A ^c   Batterham, Marijka J ^a   Williams, Peter G ^a   Al Turki, Khalid A ^c   Al Ghamdi, Aqeel J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70350625216     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.57165     Document Type: Article

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