Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

K, Ekoru; GAV, Murphy; EH, Young; H, Delisle; CS, Jerome; F, Assah; B, Longo-Mbenza; JPD, Nzambi; JBK, On'Kin; F, Buntix; MC, Muyer; DL, Christensen; CS, Wesseh; A, Sabir; C, Okafor; ID, Gezawa; F, Puepet; O, Enang; T, Raimi; E, Ohwovoriole; OO, Oladapo; P, Bovet; W, Mollentze; N, Unwin; WK, Gray; R, Walker; K, Agoudavi; S, Siziya; J, Chifamba; M, Njelekela; CM, Fourie; S, Kruger; AE, Schutte; C, Walsh; D, Gareta; A, Kamali; J, Seeley; SA, Norris; NJ, Crowther; D, Pillay; P, Kaleebu; AA, Motala; MS, Sandhu

doi:10.1038/ijo.2017.240

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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Ekoru K

Murphy GAV

Young EH

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease and availability of data from African populations. ...

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