Optimal waist:height ratio cut-off point for cardiometabolic risk factors in Turkish adults

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Can A. S., YILDIZ E., Samur G., RAKICIOĞLU N., Pekcan G., Ozbayrakci S., ...More

PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION, vol.13, no.4, pp.488-495, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 13 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s1368980009991637
  • Journal Name: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.488-495
  • Keywords: Waist:height ratio, Anthropometry, Cardiametabolic risk factors, SIMPLE ANTHROPOMETRIC INDEXES, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, BODY-MASS INDEX, TO-HEIGHT RATIO, CARDIOVASCULAR RISK, METABOLIC SYNDROME, DIABETES-MELLITUS, ABDOMINAL OBESITY, WAIST, MEN
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To identify the optimal waist:height ratio (WHtR) cut-off point that discriminates cardiometabolic risk factors in Turkish adults.