Wrist Circumference as a Novel Predictor of Diabetes and Prediabetes: Results of Cross-Sectional and 8.8-Year Follow-up Studies | Zendy

Younes Jahangiri | Zendy; Farzad Hadaegh | Zendy; Nasibeh Vatankhah | Zendy; Amir Abbas Momenan | Zendy; Navid Saadat | Zendy; Davood Khalili | Zendy; Fereidoun Azizi | Zendy

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Wrist Circumference as a Novel Predictor of Diabetes and Prediabetes: Results of Cross-Sectional and 8.8-Year Follow-up Studies

Author(s) -

Younes Jahangiri,

Farzad Hadaegh,

Nasibeh Vatankhah,

Amir Abbas Momenan,

Navid Saadat,

Davood Khalili,

Fereidoun Azizi

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-2416

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , body mass index , circumference , diabetes mellitus , prediabetes , wrist , population , prospective cohort study , hazard ratio , cohort , type 2 diabetes , cross sectional study , cohort study , proportional hazards model , surgery , endocrinology , confidence interval , pathology , geometry , mathematics , environmental health

Our objective was to examine whether wrist circumference is associated with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus, independently of general (body mass index [BMI]) or central (waist circumference [WC]) adiposity measures in a cohort of an Iranian adult population.

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