Current guidelines for assessing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) recommend using the patient's body-mass index (BMI) as a primary measure. Waist circumference measurement is recommended for overweight or obese patients only (BMI > or = 25)
Introduction: Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Clinical evidence ...
Accumulating evidence suggests that measures of abdominal obesity outperform BMI in predicting diabe...
Despite decades of unequivocal evidence that waist circumference provides both independent and addit...
Objective: The use of the anthropometric indices of adiposity, especially body mass index and waist ...
Body mass index, waist circumference, and waist/hip ratio have been shown to be associated with type...
Obesity-related chronic illness is an international health issue. Waistcircumference can assess cent...
Background: Abdominal obesity in comparison to overall obesity is more important in prediction of ty...
Abstract Background Abdominal obesity is a more important risk factor than overall obesity in predic...
BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may a...
Background - Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may ...
Background: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may a...
The present study was aimed to assess the anthropometric parameters of type 2 diabetic patients. The...
Background. Obesity worsens the prognosis of diabetic patients by increasing the cardiovascular risk...
Background: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may a...
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether noninvasive measurements such as waist circumfer...
Introduction: Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Clinical evidence ...
Accumulating evidence suggests that measures of abdominal obesity outperform BMI in predicting diabe...
Despite decades of unequivocal evidence that waist circumference provides both independent and addit...
Objective: The use of the anthropometric indices of adiposity, especially body mass index and waist ...
Body mass index, waist circumference, and waist/hip ratio have been shown to be associated with type...
Obesity-related chronic illness is an international health issue. Waistcircumference can assess cent...
Background: Abdominal obesity in comparison to overall obesity is more important in prediction of ty...
Abstract Background Abdominal obesity is a more important risk factor than overall obesity in predic...
BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may a...
Background - Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may ...
Background: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may a...
The present study was aimed to assess the anthropometric parameters of type 2 diabetic patients. The...
Background. Obesity worsens the prognosis of diabetic patients by increasing the cardiovascular risk...
Background: Waist circumference (WC) is a simple and reliable measure of fat distribution that may a...
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether noninvasive measurements such as waist circumfer...
Introduction: Obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Clinical evidence ...
Accumulating evidence suggests that measures of abdominal obesity outperform BMI in predicting diabe...
Despite decades of unequivocal evidence that waist circumference provides both independent and addit...