Open AccessDifferential obesity indices identify the metabolic syndrome in Black men and women in Cape Town: the CRIBSA study
Author(s) -
Nasheeta Peer,
Krisela Steyn,
Naomi Levitt
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdu115
Subject(s) - waist , confidence interval , medicine , odds ratio , body mass index , obesity , waist to height ratio , waist–hip ratio , logistic regression , demography , metabolic syndrome , sociology
To determine the obesity indices, specifically waist circumference (WC), that identified ≥2 other metabolic syndrome (MS) components (2009 criteria) in 25- to 74-year-old Africans in Cape Town.
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