WC is better than BMI as a predictor of diabetes and pre diabetes in Hindu priests of India

Background & Objective: Over a period of time great emphasis has been made to prevent diabetes and its complications, and BMI have evolved into a reliable indicator for predicting the incidence of diabetes mellitus. But for a common man BMI is difficult to understand and calculate and there is a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Booloo Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara 2014-07-01
Series:Asian Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/AJMS/article/view/10097