Ethnic-Specific Criteria for Classification of Body Mass Index: A Perspective for Asian Indians and American Diabetes Association Position Statement

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 667-671

  Misra, Anoop ^a,b  

^a Diabetes Foundation India New Delhi   (India)

^b National Diabetes Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC SPECIFIC CRITERIA; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; INDIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INDIA; OVERWEIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940654907     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: 15578593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2015.0007     Document Type: Article

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