Best anthropometric discriminators of incident type 2 diabetes among white and black adults: A longitudinal ARIC study.

Dale S HardyDevita T StallingsJane T GarvinHongyan XuSusan B Racette

Published in: PloS one (2017)

BMI, the most commonly used anthropometric measure, and three anthropometric measures that included waist circumference (i.e., WC, WHR, WHtR) were the best anthropometric discriminators of incident T2DM across all race-gender groups in the ARIC cohort.

Keyphrases

body composition
body mass index
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
glycemic control
body weight
mental health
weight gain
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
physical activity