Defining obesity cut-off points for migrant South Asians.

Defining obesity cut-off points for migrant South Asians.

<h4>Background</h4>Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are used to define cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk. We aimed to derive appropriate BMI and WC obesity cut-off points in a migrant South Asian population.<h4>Methods</h4>4688 White Europeans and 1333...

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Main Authors: Laura J Gray, Thomas Yates, Melanie J Davies, Emer Brady, David R Webb, Naveed Sattar, Kamlesh Khunti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22039493/pdf/?tool=EBI

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