Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa

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  • K. Ekoru
  • G. A.V. Murphy
  • E. H. Young
  • H. Delisle
  • C. S. Jerome
  • F. Assah
  • B. Longo-Mbenza
  • J. P.D. Nzambi
  • J. B.K. On'Kin
  • F. Buntix
  • M. C. Muyer
  • Christensen, Dirk Lund
  • C. S. Wesseh
  • A. Sabir
  • C. Okafor
  • I. D. Gezawa
  • F. Puepet
  • O. Enang
  • T. Raimi
  • E. Ohwovoriole
  • O. O. Oladapo
  • P. Bovet
  • W. Mollentze
  • N. Unwin
  • W. K. Gray
  • R. Walker
  • K. Agoudavi
  • S. Siziya
  • J. Chifamba
  • M. Njelekela
  • C. M. Fourie
  • S. Kruger
  • A. E. Schutte
  • C. Walsh
  • D. Gareta
  • A. Kamali
  • J. Seeley
  • S. A. Norris
  • N. J. Crowther
  • D. Pillay
  • P. Kaleebu
  • A. A. Motala
  • M. S. Sandhu
  • behalf of the African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research (APCDR)

Background:Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease and availability of data from African populations. We aimed to derive a SSA-specific optimal WC cut-point for identifying individuals at increased cardiometabolic risk.Methods:We used individual level cross-sectional data on 24 181 participants aged

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftInternational Journal of Obesity
Vol/bind42
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)487-494
Antal sider8
ISSN0307-0565
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2018

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