Waist circumference a good indicator of future risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Siren, Reijo ^a,b   Eriksson, Johan G ^b,c,d,e,f   Vanhanen, Hannu ^g  

^a City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^f VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Middle aged men; Type 2 diabetes; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84864660591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-631     Document Type: Article

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