Ethnic-Specific BMI and waist circumference thresholds

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1272-1278

  Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a   Bray, George A ^a   Greenway, Frank L ^a   Johnson, William D ^a   Newton, Robert L ^a   Ravussin, Eric ^a   Ryan, Donna H ^a   Bouchard, Claude ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957439607     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.319     Document Type: Article

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