Derivation of anthropometric cut-off levels to define CVD risk in Sri Lankan adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1084-1090

  Katulanda, P ^a,b   Jayawardena, M A R ^a   Sheriff, M H R ^a   Matthews, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; CVD risk; Metabolic risk factors; Obesity; Sri Lanka; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VENOUS BLOOD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; SRI LANKA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 79955654420     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510004563     Document Type: Article

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