Predictive validity of derived clinical adiposity parameters in the assessment of type 2 diabetes mellitus among adults
Background: Body Mass Index (BMI) is a standard universal method of assessing clinical adiposity risk. Several studies have shown that obesity as defined by BMI criteria is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes. However, among Asian Indians there is an increasing incidence of thin-fat phenotype where BM...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijcfm.org/article.asp?issn=2395-2113;year=2017;volume=3;issue=2;spage=68;epage=72;aulast=Kumar;type=0 |