The performance of anthropometric measures to predict diabetes mellitus and hypertension among adults in Jordan

• Main Authors: Yousef Khader (Author), Anwar Batieha (Author), Hashem Jaddou (Author), Mohammed El-Khateeb (Author), Kamel Ajlouni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objectives This study aimed to evaluate and compare the abilities of waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) to predict recently and previously diagnosed diabetes and hypertension and assess their app...