… while abdominal obesity was the principal component among the females. In this population
with type 2 diabetes, … higher measurements of obesity and adiposity among the females with …

… risk components after 5 years in an adult population [18]. The application of WHtR provides
an alternative anthropometric index of central obesity … obesity measures in the prediction of …

… risk in our Ghanaian population as is shown by the fact that there were 132 more with abdominal
obesity than with general adiposity … the high type 2 diabetes burden in this population [3]…

… were the main risk factors for MS in the diabetic population. … studies that obesity and other
indicators of metabolic syndrome … high central adiposity and hence fell within the high central …

… for Ghanaian populations and we have used highly standardized methods and measurement
… Most importantly, we included measures of general and central adiposity in the regression …

… the prevalence of general and abdominal obesity and … to general and abdominal obesity
in this sample population … Measurement of WC provides an assessment of fat distribution that …

… of obesity and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaians living in … obesity (Additional file 2: Figure
S2) and abdominal obesity (… was defined by a single blood glucose measurement, which …

… Obesity is a known risk factor for several health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, … of
individual SNPs with obesity measures in non-African populations have shown limited success …

… of Ghanaian urban population has been affected by diabetes [… measurements>80cm and
94cm were recorded as central … modifiable vascular risk factors: 74.5% had central obesity, 77.9…

… This is the first study to evaluate the psychometric properties of the SDSCA measure in a
type 2 diabetes population in sub-Saharan Africa. It provides information about the …