Waist Circumference Independently Associates with the Risk of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes in Mexican American Families

OBJECTIVE: In spite of the growing recognition of the specific association of waist circumference (WC) with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and insulin resistance (IR), current guidelines still use body mass index (BMI) as a tool of choice. Our objective was to determine whether WC is a better T2D predictor t...

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Autores principales: Mamtani, Manju, Kulkarni, Hemant, Dyer, Thomas D., Almasy, Laura, Mahaney, Michael C., Duggirala, Ravindranath, Comuzzie, Anthony G., Blangero, John, Curran, Joanne E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059153

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3594157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059153

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