Optimal waist circumference cut-off values for predicting cardiovascular risk factors in a multi-ethnic Malaysian population

• Main Authors: Cheong, Kee C., Ghazali, Sumarni M., Hock, Lim K., Yusoff, Ahmad F., Selvarajah, Sharmini, Haniff, Jamaiyah, Zainuddin, Ahmad Ali, Ying, Chan Y., Lin, Khor G., Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Shahar, Suzana, Mustafa, Amal N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asian Oceanian Association for the Study of Obesity 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/35702/1/Kee_2013.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/35702/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871403X1300029X
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction: Previous studies have proposed the lower waist circumference (WC) cutoffs be used for defining abdominal obesity in Asian populations. Objective: To determine the optimal cut-offs of waist circumference (WC) in predicting cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in the multi-ethnic Malaysian p...