Waist circumference thresholds for the prediction of cardiometabolic risk: Is measurement site important

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 862-867

  Mason, C ^a   Katzmarzyk, P T ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropometry; measurement; obesity; risk factors; thresholds

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; UMBILICUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955466944     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.82     Document Type: Article

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