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  • A composite of BMI and waist circumference may be a better obesity metric in Indians with high risk for type 2 diabetes: An analysis of NMB-2017, a nationwide cross-sectional study.

A composite of BMI and waist circumference may be a better obesity metric in Indians with high risk for type 2 diabetes: An analysis of NMB-2017, a nationwide cross-sectional study.

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2020 Mar Others M Venkatrao, R Nagarathna, SS Patil, A Singh… - Diabetes research and …, 2020 - Elsevier

Full Author : ['Venkatrao, Murali', 'Nagarathna, Raghuram', 'Patil, Suchitra S', 'Singh, Amit', 'Rajesh, S K', 'Nagendra, Hongasandra']
Journal Title : Diabetes research and clinical practice
Chapter : Section1
Journal Year : 2020
Cited by : 17.0

AIMS: Obesity measurement is a vital component of most type 2 diabetes screening tests; while studies had shown that waist circumference (WC) is a better predictor in South Asians, there is evidence that BMI is also effective. Our objective was to evaluat..... Read More

Keywords : ["well obesity metric", "waist circumference may", "nationwide crosssectional study", "type diabetes", "high risk", "indian", "composite", "bmi", "analysis"]
PubMed Link : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168822719314597
Google Scholar Link : https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=17641847404829798873&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en&num=20