Comparison of Relative Waist Circumference between Asian Indian and US Adults

• Main Authors: Harpreet S. Bajaj (Author), Mark A. Pereira (Author), Rajit Mohan Anjana (Author), Raj Deepa (Author), Viswanathan Mohan (Author), Noel T. Mueller (Author), Gundu H. R. Rao (Author), Myron D. Gross (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Relative to Europeans, Asian Indians have higher rates of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Whether differences in body composition may underlie these population differences remains unclear. Methods. We compared directly measured anthropometric data from the Chennai Urban Rural...