Waist circumference vs body mass index for prediction of disease risk in postmenopausal women
- 2 August 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Obesity
- Vol. 25 (8) , 1183-1188
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0801640
Abstract
International Journal of Obesity is a monthly, multi-disciplinary forum for papers describing basic, clinical and applied studies in biochemistry, genetics and nutrition, together with molecular, metabolic, psychological and epidemiological aspects of obesity and related disordersKeywords
This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
- Abdominal Adiposity and Coronary Heart Disease in WomenJAMA, 1998
- The Insulin Resistance—Dyslipidemic Syndrome of Visceral Obesity: Effect on Patients' RiskObesity Research, 1998
- The Effect of Age on the Association between Body-Mass Index and MortalityNew England Journal of Medicine, 1998
- Narrow hips and broad waist circumferences independently contribute to increased risk of non‐insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitusJournal of Internal Medicine, 1997
- Body fat distribution, insulin resistance, and metabolic diseasesNutrition, 1997
- Changes in Energy Balance and Body Composition at Menopause: A Controlled Longitudinal StudyAnnals of Internal Medicine, 1995
- Body Weight and Mortality among WomenNew England Journal of Medicine, 1995
- Waist circumference and abdominal sagittal diameter: Best simple anthropometric indexes of abdominal visceral adipose tissue accumulation and related cardiovascular risk in men and womenThe American Journal of Cardiology, 1994
- Sex- and menopause-associated changes in body-fat distributionThe American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1992
- The Influence of Body Fat Distribution on the Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus: 13.5 Years of Follow-up of the Participants in the Study of Men Born in 1913Diabetes, 1985