Utility of anthropometric measures in a multiethnic population: Their association with prevalent diabetes, hypertension and other chronic disease comorbidities

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 471-479

  Tarleton, Heather P ^a   Smith, Lisa V ^b,c   Zhang, Zuo Feng ^c   Kuo, Tony ^d,e  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Diabetes; Health disparities; Hypertension; Obesity; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900803387     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-013-9780-z     Document Type: Article

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