Aims To examine the utility of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist‐
to‐height ratio (WHR) in assessing diabetes risk across different ethnic groups. Methods …

Background Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) is an easy and inexpensive adiposity index that
reflects central obesity. In this study, we examined the association of various baseline …

Background: Diabetes is a metabolic disease which has been confirmed to be involved with
abnormal or excessive body fat accumulation. There is still a lack of nationwide research in …

Studies on the theme of optimal cutoff values of waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip
ratio (WHR) for assessing risk of type II diabetes were reviewed. Twenty-eight studies of …

Aims Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI), is a heterogeneous condition with varying
metabolic manifestations, and the best index for predicting metabolic abnormalities remains …

For prevention of obesity in the Chinese population, it is necessary to define the optimal
range of healthy weight and the appropriate cut‐off points of body mass index (BMI) and …

Objective The relationship between body composition fat mass (FM) and lean body mass
(LBM) and diabetes risk is currently debated, and the purpose of this study was to examine …

Objectives To evaluate the ability of BMI, WC and WHtR to discriminate hyperglycemia in
young people, and to determine whether there is an increase in the accuracy with the …

Aims To compare the magnitude of associations of the obesity indicators with the risk of
prediabetes and diabetes. Methods We performed an individually region-, sex-, and age …

The associations between various anthropometric characteristics and type 2 diabetes were
assessed in 1003 consecutive extremely obese Caucasian patients. Unlike BMI, measures …