Appropriate cut-off values of waist circumference to predict cardiovascular outcomes: 7-year follow-up in an Iranian population

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-146

  Talaei, Mohammad ^a,b   Thomas, Neil G ^a   Marshall, Tom ^a   Sadeghi, Masoumeh ^b   Iranipour, Rokhsareh ^b   Oveisgharan, Shahram ^b   Sarrafzadegan, Nizal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cut off point; Iran; Metabolic syndrome; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84856021841     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.6132     Document Type: Article

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