Optimal cut-off values and population means of waist circumference in different populations

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-199

  Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Ma, Jun ^b   Si, Damin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Optimal cut off points; Sensitivity; Specificity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78650545420     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422410000120     Document Type: Article

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