Measures of general and central obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes in a Ghanaian population

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-151

  Frank, Laura K ^a   Heraclides, Alexandros ^a   Danquah, Ina ^a   Bedu Addo, George ^b   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^c   Schulze, Matthias B ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Obesity; ROC curves; Sub Saharan Africa; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIABETES; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84872687930     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12024     Document Type: Article

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