Waist circumference and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol as markers of cardiometabolic risk in Kenyan adults.

<h4>Background</h4>Abdominal obesity predict metabolic syndrome parameters at low levels of waist circumference (WC) in Africans. At the same time, the African lipid profile phenotype of low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol without concomitant elevated triglyceride levels rende...

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Main Authors: Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Henrik Friis, David L Mwaniki, Michael K Boit, Lydia U Kaduka, Inge Tetens, Dirk L Christensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247600