Obesity index that better predict metabolic syndrome: Body mass index, waist circumference, waist hip ratio, or waist height ratio

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Yousafzai, Mohammad T ^a,b   Darwish, Sarah ^d   Al Hamaq, Abdulla O A A ^e   Nasralla, Eman A ^a,b,e   Abdul Ghani, Mohammad ^f  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^e QATAR FOUNDATION   (Qatar)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; YOUDEN INDEX; AGE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; QATAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; QATAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84884263973     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/269038     Document Type: Article

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