Do current guidelines for waist circumference apply to black Africans? Prediction of insulin resistance by waist circumference among Africans living in America

BACKGROUND: To lower the risk of diabetes and heart disease in Africa, identification of African-centred thresholds for inexpensive biomarkers of insulin resistance (IR) is essential. The waist circumference (WC) thresholds that predicts IR in African men and women have not been established, but inv...

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Autores principales: Kabakambira, J Damascene, Baker Jr, Rafeal L, Briker, Sara M, Courville, Amber B, Mabundo, Lilian S, DuBose, Christopher W, Chung, Stephanie T, Eckel, Robert H, Sumner, Anne E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001057

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30364383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001057

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