Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Dokumenter
- Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa
Forlagets udgivne version, 348 KB, PDF-dokument
Background:Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease and availability of data from African populations. We aimed to derive a SSA-specific optimal WC cut-point for identifying individuals at increased cardiometabolic risk.Methods:We used individual level cross-sectional data on 24 181 participants aged
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
---|---|
Tidsskrift | International Journal of Obesity |
Vol/bind | 42 |
Udgave nummer | 3 |
Sider (fra-til) | 487-494 |
Antal sider | 8 |
ISSN | 0307-0565 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2018 |
Antal downloads er baseret på statistik fra Google Scholar og www.ku.dk
Ingen data tilgængelig
ID: 203896039