Optimal waist circumference measurement site for assessing the metabolic syndrome

Diabetes Care. 2009 Jun;32(6):e70. doi: 10.2337/dc09-0190.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metabolic Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Metabolic Syndrome / epidemiology*
  • Metabolic Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Waist Circumference / physiology*
  • Waist-Hip Ratio / statistics & numerical data
  • Young Adult