… population, central obesity was perhaps the singular most strongly associated modifiable
risk factor for both diabetes … to measure in populations and a better index for diabetes and …

… Preventive measures are required to address the risk … While the increased risk of type 2
diabetes and cardiovascular … but insulin resistance and central obesity are considered to be …

… summarized using measures of central tendency with their respective measures of dispersions.
… observed high prevalence of overweight or obesity in this study population in our setting. …

… ) and WHR are markers of abdominal obesity that has been … loci previously associated with
measures of body-shape in … the AADM study with study sites in Ghana, Nigeria, and Kenya. In …

… clinical relevance for aDM among Ghanaian populations (second approach). … measures
of abdominal obesity have the best discriminative ability for diabetes mellitus among Ghanaian …

… of abdominal obesity in Ghanaian patients with overweight … the first measure to identify earlier
the cases at risk. Therefore, … sample population a high MetS frequency without obesity was …

… populations in Europe appear to exhibit higher rates of CVD and its associated risk factors
such as type 2 diabetes and obesity… However, this study utilised two different diet measures, a …

Aim: The study sought to determine the patterns of N-glycan profiles among Type 2 diabetes
mellitus (T2DM) patients over a 6-month period. Materials & methods: Biochemical and …

… The average value for the two measurements (with a 5-min … of NAFLD in a T2DM population
from Ghana. This study is … confirmed the impact of abdominal fat distribution. The prevalence …

… people to the risk of becoming overweight and obese (Miller … the anthropometric measure
used, prevalence of obesity was … of central obesity (WC) and 3.1 times risk of obesity by WHtR. …