Ethnicity-specific obesity cut-points in the development of Type 2 diabetes – a prospective study including three ethnic groups in the United Kingdom

AIMS: Conventional definitions of obesity, e.g. body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m(2) or waist circumference cut-points of 102 cm (men) and 88 cm (women), may underestimate metabolic risk in non-Europeans. We prospectively identified equivalent ethnicity-specific obesity cut-points for the estimation o...

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Autores principales: Tillin, T, Sattar, N, Godsland, I F, Hughes, A D, Chaturvedi, N, Forouhi, N G
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Research: Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25186015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.12576

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4441277/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25186015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dme.12576

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