Optimal waist circumference cut-off points and ability of different metabolic syndrome criteria for predicting diabetes in Japanese men and women: Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study.

H, Hu; K, Kurotani; N, Sasaki; T, Murakami; C, Shimizu; M, Shimizu; T, Nakagawa; T, Honda; S, Yamamoto; H, Okazaki; S, Nagahama; A, Uehara; M, Yamamoto; K, Tomita; T, Imai; A, Nishihara; T, Kochi; M, Eguchi; T, Miyamoto; A, Hori; K, Kuwahara; S, Akter; I, Kashino; I, Kabe; W, Liu; T, Mizoue; N, Kunugita; S, Dohi

doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2856-9

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Optimal waist circumference cut-off points and ability of different metabolic syndrome criteria for predicting diabetes in Japanese men and women: Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health Study.

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Hu H

Kurotani K

Sasaki N

Abstract

Background We sought to establish the optimal waist circumference (WC) cut-off point for predicting diabetes mellitus (DM) and to compare the predictive ability of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) criteria of the Joint Interim Statement (JIS) and the Japanese Committee of the Criteria for MetS (JCCMS) ...

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