Impact of Lowering BMI Cut Points as Recommended in the Revised American Diabetes Association's Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2015 on Diabetes Screening in Asian Americans | Zendy

Daniel S. Hsia | Zendy; Sandra Larrivée | Zendy; William T. Cefalu | Zendy; William D. Johnson | Zendy

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Impact of Lowering BMI Cut Points as Recommended in the Revised American Diabetes Association's Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2015 on Diabetes Screening in Asian Americans

Author(s) -

Daniel S. Hsia,

Sandra Larrivée,

William T. Cefalu,

William D. Johnson

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc15-0299

Subject(s) - prediabetes , medicine , national health and nutrition examination survey , diabetes mellitus , cross sectional study , population , body mass index , gerontology , type 2 diabetes , environmental health , endocrinology , pathology

This study estimated the screening prevalence of prediabetes and diabetes using a lower BMI cutoff of 23 kg/m(2) in Asians in the U.S. using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2011 to 2012.

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