Waist to height ratio: A better anthropometric marker of diabetes and cardio-metabolic risks in South Asian adults

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 292-299

  Jayawardana, R ^a,b   Ranasinghe, P ^a   Sheriff, M H R ^a   Matthews, D R ^c   Katulanda, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Diabetes mellitus; South Asians; Sri Lanka; Waist to Height ratio

Indexed keywords

TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREDIABETIC STATE; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84876196822     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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