A proposed cutoff point of waist-to-height ratio for metabolic risk in African township adolescents

Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 502-507

  Kruger, H Salome ^a   Faber, Mieke ^b   Schutte, Aletta E ^a   Ellis, Suria M ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Metabolic syndrome; South African; Stunting; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84873567080     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: 18731244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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