Aim The study investigated the relationship of general (body mass index [BMI]) and central
(waist circumference [WC]; waist–hip ratio [WHipR]; waist–height ratio [WHeightR]) adiposity …

Introduction: Obesity is considered to be the most significant risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
The aim of this study was to estimate the association of diabetes with body mass index …

Abstract Aims/Introduction Overweight and obesity in adults are strongly associated with an
increased risk of prediabetes, and this study set out to gain a better understanding of the …

Background To determine the anthropometric indices that would predict type 2 diabetes
(T2D) and delineate their optimal cut-points. Methods In a cohort study, 7017 Iranian adults …

Obesity indicators are known to predict the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM);
however, evidence for which indicator best identifies undiagnosed T2DM in the Indian …

Background and Objectives: Large-scale epidemiological investigations worldwide have
shown that dietary glycemic load is associated with metabolic diseases, including diabetes …

Background Central obesity is known to be associated with diabetes. Increasing lower
extremity circumference was hypothesized in association with lower risk of diabetes …

Background There remains controversy regarding which of the anthropometric indicators
best defines obesity. In this study, we compared the efficacy of using body mass index (BMI) …

Introduction Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) cut-offs associated with
hyperglycemia may differ by ethnicity. We investigated the optimal BMI and WC cut-offs for …

Objective To describe the characteristics for distribution of waist circumference (WC) and
validate the cut-offs of WC in defining the central obesity among Chinese elderly and tall …