The Current Waist Circumference Cut Point Used for the Diagnosis of Metabolic Syndrome in Sub-Saharan African Women Is Not Appropriate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Crowther, Nigel J ^a   Norris, Shane A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSGLYCEMIA; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPOPROTEIN DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIPIDS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84869034866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048883     Document Type: Article

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