Waist circumference threshold values for type 2 diabetes risk

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 761-769

  Friedl, Karl E ^a  

^a U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal circumference; Age; Anthropometry; Body composition; Body fat standards; Body mass index; Epidemiology of diabetes; Ethnicity; Fat topography; Gender; Intra abdominal fat; Percent body fat; Preventive medicine; Public health policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77953075116     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680900300424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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