Body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs to define obesity in indigenous New Zealanders

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 390-397

  Taylor, Rachael W ^a   Brooking, Lorraine ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a   Manning, Patrick J ^a   Sutherland, Wayne H ^a   Coppell, Kirsten J ^a   Tipene Leach, David ^a   Dale, Kelly S ^a   McAuley, Kirsten A ^a   Mann, Jim I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ABORIGINE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955490955     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29317     Document Type: Article

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