Determining the optimal cutoff points for waist circumference and body mass index for identification of metabolic abnormalities and metabolic syndrome in urban Thai population

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Worachartcheewan, Apilak ^a   Dansethakul, Prabhop ^a   Nantasenamat, Chanin ^a   Pidetcha, Phannee ^a   Prachayasittikul, Virapong ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cutoff; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; ROC; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84870546800     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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