Open AccessDetermination of optimal cut-off values for waist circumferences used for the diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome among Batswana adults (ELS 32)
Author(s) -
Dawn Tladi,
Lucky Mokgatlhe,
Sheila Shaibu,
Theo Nell,
Rod T Mitchell,
Comfort Mokgothu,
Tebogo Gabonthone,
O Hubona
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cardiovascular journal of south africa/cardiovascular journal of southern africa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1680-0745
pISSN - 1015-9657
DOI - 10.5830/cvja-2020-025
Subject(s) - waist , circumference , metabolic syndrome , medicine , anthropometry , cut off , abdominal obesity , receiver operating characteristic , demography , cutoff , population , obesity , mathematics , environmental health , power (physics) , physics , geometry , quantum mechanics , sociology
To date, no definitive waist circumference (WC) cut-off values for abdominal obesity (AO) have been established for sub-Saharan Africa, including Botswana. Therefore, the classification of AO among these populations is based on European values. For accurate diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome (MetS), cut-off values reflective of the population investigated must be used.