Inability of waist-to-height ratio to predict new onset diabetes mellitus among older adults in Taiwan: A five-year observational cohort study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages e1-

  Kuo, Ren Jieh ^a   Wu, Yung Hung ^a   Chen, Liang Kung ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Obesity in elderly

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; WAIST HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 79958010579     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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