Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa

Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa

Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease and availability of data from African populations. We aimed to derive...

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Main Authors: Ekoru, K, Murphy, GAV, Young, EH, Delisle, H, Jerome, CS, Assah, F, Longo-Mbenza, B, Nzambi, JPD, On'Kin, JBK, Buntix, F, Muyer, MC, Christensen, DL, Wesseh, CS, Sabir, A, Okafor, C, Gezawa, ID, Puepet, F, Enang, O, Raimi, T, Ohwovoriole, E, Oladapo, OO, Bovet, P, Mollentze, W, Unwin, N, Gray, WK, Walker, R, Agoudavi, K, Siziya, S, Chifamba, J, Njelekela, M, Fourie, CM, Kruger, S, Schutte, AE, Walsh, C, Gareta, D, Kamali, A, Seeley, J, Norris, SA, Crowther, NJ, Pillay, D, Kaleebu, P, Motala, AA, Sandhu, MS
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017

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