Body mass index and waist circumference cut-points in multi-ethnic populations from the UK and India: the ADDITION-Leicester, Jaipur heart watch and New Delhi cross-sectional studies.

Body mass index and waist circumference cut-points in multi-ethnic populations from the UK and India: the ADDITION-Leicester, Jaipur heart watch and New Delhi cross-sectional studies.

To derive cut-points for body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) for minority ethnic groups that are risk equivalent based on endogenous glucose levels to cut-points for white Europeans (BMI 30 kg/m2; WC men 102 cm; WC women 88 cm).Cross-sectional data from participants aged 40-75 years:...

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Main Authors: Danielle H Bodicoat, Laura J Gray, Joseph Henson, David Webb, Arvind Guru, Anoop Misra, Rajeev Gupta, Naval Vikram, Naveed Sattar, Melanie J Davies, Kamlesh Khunti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3944886?pdf=render

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