Appropriate body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs for middle and older age group in Thailand: Data of 19,621 participants from thai epidemiologic stroke (TES) Study

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1156-1166

  Samsen, Maiyadhaj ^a   Hanchaiphiboolkul, Suchat ^a   Puthkhao, Pimchanok ^a   Tantirittisak, Tasanee ^a   Towanabut, Somchai ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular risk factors; Cutoffpoint; Thailand; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEX RATIO; THAILAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; THAILAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84870332321     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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