Relationship between waist circumference, visceral fat and metabolic syndrome in a Congolese community: Further research is still to be undertaken

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Katchunga, Philippe Bianga ^a,b   Hermans, Michel ^c   Bamuleke, Bertrand Akonkwa ^a,b   Katoto, Patrick Cimusa ^a,b   Kabinda, Jeff Maotela ^b  

^a Département de Médecine Interne de l'hopital Provincial General de Reference de Bukavu   (Congo)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF BUKAVU   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congo; Metabolic syndrome; Visceral fat; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MONITOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; AGED; ANALYSIS; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMPEDANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POPULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; NEGRO;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CONGO; METABOLIC SYNDROME; VISCERAL FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84874433718     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.20.1258     Document Type: Article

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