ABSI is a poor predictor of insulin resistance in Chinese adults and elderly without diabetes

ABSTRACT Objective: Recently, a new obesity index (A Body Shape Index, ABSI) based on waist circumference (WC) was developed, and high ABSI corresponds to a more central concentration of body volume. It is well known that central obesity is closely linked with insulin resistance (IR). Therefore, ou...

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Published in:	Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Main Authors:	Kai Wu, Sen He, Yi Zheng, Xiaoping Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Subjects:	Body shape index body mass index waist circumstance insulin resistance
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2359-39972018000500523&lng=en&tlng=en