Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults
Ware, L.J., Rennie, Kirsten, Kruger, H. Salome, Kruger, I.M., Greeff, M., Fourie, C.M.T., Huisman, H.W., Scheepers, J.D.W., Uys, A.S., Kruger, R., Van Rooyen, J.M., Schutte, R. and Schutte, A.E.
(2014)
Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults.
pp. 900-907.
ISSN 1590-3729
Simple, low-cost central obesity measures may help identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic disease risk, although it is unclear which measures perform best in African adults. We aimed to: 1) cross-sectionally compare the accuracy of existing waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) and waist circumference (WC) thresholds to identify individuals with hypertension, pre-diabetes, or dyslipidaemia; 2) identify optimal WC and WHtR thresholds to detect CVD risk in this African population; and 3) assess which measure best predicts 5-year CVD risk
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