Optimal waist circumference cutoff value based on insulin resistance and visceral obesity in Koreans with type 2 diabetes

Diabetes and Metabolism Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 253-263

  Lim, Jung Soo ^a   Choi, Young Ju ^b   Kim, Soo Kyung ^c   Huh, Byoung Wook ^b   Lee, Eun Jig ^d   Huh, Kap Bum ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Huh's Diabetes Clinic and the 21C Diabetes and Vascular Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c CHA University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Insulin resistance; Obesity, abdominal; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84932650367     PISSN: 22336079     EISSN: 22336087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2015.39.3.253     Document Type: Article

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