Anthropometrics indices of obesity, and all-cause and cardiovascular disease-related mortality, in an Asian cohort with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 291-300

  Lim, R B T ^a   Chen, C ^a   Naidoo, N ^a   Gay, G ^a   Tang, W E ^b   Seah, D ^b   Chen, R ^c   Tan, N C ^d   Lee, J ^a   Tai, E S ^a   Chia, K S ^a   Lim, W Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^c CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d SINGHEALTH POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anthropometric indices; Central obesity; Diabetes mellitus; Obesity; Short term mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84937638501     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: 18781780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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