Anthropometric measures of obesity as risk indicators for prediabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction: Several previous studies have provided evidence that obesity is a significant risk factor for the increase in prediabetes, but there are discrepancies regarding whether all the classic ways of measuring obesity, the body mass index (BMI), the waist circumference (WC) or the Waist to he...

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Published in:Diabetes Epidemiology and Management
Main Authors: Víctor Juan Vera-Ponce, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Luisa Erika Milagros Vásquez-Romero, Joan A. Loayza-Castro, Cori Raquel Iturregui Paucar, Carmen Inés Gutiérrez De Carrillo, Mario J. Valladares-Garrido, Maritza Placencia Medina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-10-01
Subjects:
Prediabetic state
Body weights and measures
Body mass index
Waist circumference
Waist-height ratio
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666970624000350

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