Waist-to-height ratio is the best indicator for undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Z ^a,b   Qi, X ^a   Dahl, A K ^c,d   Xu, W ^a,c  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CHINESE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; YOUDEN INDEX;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878074962     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12168     Document Type: Article

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