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Sagittal Abdominal Diameter as a New Predictor for Incident Diabetes

OBJECTIVE: Obesity, particularly visceral adiposity, is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes. The commonly used obesity indicators, BMI, waist girth, and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), have limited ability to measure the visceral adipose tissue. Sagittal abdominal diameter (SAD) has been shown to pred...

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Autores principales: Pajunen, Pia, Rissanen, Harri, Laaksonen, Maarit A., Heliövaara, Markku, Reunanen, Antti, Knekt, Paul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22961578
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc11-2451