Open AccessWaist circumference cutoff and its importance for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome in Asian Indians: A preliminary study
Author(s) -
Daliparthy Devi Pratyush,
Shalbha Tiwari,
S. P. Singh,
Surya Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.91205
Subject(s) - waist , medicine , metabolic syndrome , cutoff , circumference , obesity , mathematics , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics
There is inconsistency in accepting waist circumference (WC) as mandatory and also regarding its significance for diagnosis of metabolic syndrome (MetS) for different populations.