Abdominal Circumference as a Screening Measure for Type 2 Diabetes
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Abdominal circumference as a screening measure for Type 2 Diabetes.
BACKGROUND No comparative study has been conducted in India considering different anthropometrically derived adiposity measures to study the association with Type 2 Diabetes. OBJECTIVE This study aims to examine the association of different adiposity measures and to find out the best adiposity measure in assessing Type 2 Diabetes. METHOD On 187 adult males aged 25-67 years, fasting and two ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kathmandu University Medical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1812-2078,1812-2027
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v10i4.10987