Comparisons of the Strength of Associations With Future Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Anthropometric Obesity Indicators, Including Waist-to-Height Ratio: A Meta-Analysis

Kodama, Satoru; Horikawa, Chika; Fujihara, Kazuya; Heianza, Yoriko; Hirasawa, Reiko; Yachi, Yoko; Sugawara, Ayumi; Tanaka, Shiro; Shimano, Hitoshi; Iida, Keiichi; Saito, Kohei; Sone, Hirohito

doi:10.1093/aje/kws172

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Comparisons of the Strength of Associations With Future Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Anthropometric Obesity Indicators, Including Waist-to-Height Ratio: A Meta-Analysis

Published in American Journal of Epidemiology • Nov 9, 2012

Authors:

Satoru Kodama

Chika Horikawa

Kazuya Fujihara

Abstract

The aim of this meta-analysis was to compare the association of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) with risk of incident diabetes with the associations of 3 other conventional obesity indicators (body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)) with risk of incident diabetes....

Subject

Waist-to-height ratio

Medicine

Relative risk

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