Waist circumference independently associates with the risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in mexican american families.

Waist circumference independently associates with the risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in mexican american families.

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 than BMI in...

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Main Authors: Manju Mamtani, Hemant Kulkarni, Thomas D Dyer, Laura Almasy, Michael C Mahaney, Ravindranath Duggirala, Anthony G Comuzzie, John Blangero, Joanne E Curran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3594157?pdf=render

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