Comparison of relative waist circumference between Asian Indian and US adults

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bajaj, Harpreet S ^a   Pereira, Mark A ^b   Anjana, Rajit Mohan ^c   Deepa, Raj ^c   Mohan, Viswanathan ^c   Mueller, Noel T ^d   Rao, Gundu H R ^b   Gross, Myron D ^b  

^a STOP Diabetes Foundation Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO WEIGHT RATIO; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUCASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NUTRITION; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHENOTYPE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHENOTYPE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84912033985     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/461956     Document Type: Article

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