Cut-off points of waist circumference and body mass index for detecting diabetes, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension according to National Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors Surveillance in Iran

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 614-621

  Shabnam, Abbaszadeh Ahranjani ^a   Homa, Kashani ^b   Mohammad Reza, Mohajeri Tehrani ^a   Bagher, Larijani ^a   Mohammad Hossein, Forouzanfar ^a,b   Hamidreza, Afshani ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranian Society of Endocrinology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cut off point; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84866883214     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.30284     Document Type: Article

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