Defining obesity cut-off points for migrant south asians

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Gray, Laura J ^a   Yates, Thomas ^a   Davies, Melanie J ^a   Brady, Emer ^b   Webb, David R ^a   Sattar, Naveed ^c   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 80054776040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026464     Document Type: Article

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