Determination of the cutoff point for waist circumference that establishes the presence of abdominal obesity in Latin American men and women

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 243-247

  Aschner, Pablo ^a   Buendía, Richard ^a   Brajkovich, Imperia ^b   Gonzalez, Antonio ^c   Figueredo, Rafael ^d   Juarez, Xiomara E ^e   Uriza, Felipe ^a   Gomez, Ana Maria ^a   Ponte, Carlos I ^f  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ASUNCIÓN   (Paraguay)

^e San Juan de Dios Hospital   (El Salvador)

^f Hospital Dr Domingo Luciani   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Latin America; Metabolic syndrome; Visceral adiposity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COLOMBIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; MEXICO; PARAGUAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENEZUELA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80051556897     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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