Estimate of prevalent diabetes from cardiometabolic index in general Chinese population: a community-based study

Abstract Background Cardiometabolic index (CMI) defines adiposity based on triglycerides (TG) to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR). This newly proposed metric has been used to detect multiple cardiovascular risk factors, but data relative to diabetes...

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Main Authors: Wen-Rui Shi, Hao-Yu Wang, Shuang Chen, Xiao-Fan Guo, Zhao Li, Ying-Xian Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-018-0886-2