Defining a BMI Cut-Off Point for the Iranian Population: The Shiraz Heart Study

In this study we evaluated and redefined the optimum body mass index (BMI) cut-off point for the Iranian population based on metabolic syndrome (MeS) risk factors. We further evaluated BMI cut-off points with and without waist circumference (WC) as a cofactor of risk and compared the differences. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2016-08, Vol.11 (8), p.e0160639-e0160639
Hauptverfasser:	Babai, Mohammad Ali, Arasteh, Peyman, Hadibarhaghtalab, Maryam, Naghizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi, Salehi, Alireza, Askari, Alireza, Homayounfar, Reza
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Analysis Biology and Life Sciences Body mass Body Mass Index Body size Cardiovascular disease Cholesterol Cholesterol, HDL - blood Diabetes Female Females Health policy Health risk assessment Heart High density lipoprotein Humans Hypertension Hypertension - complications Hypertension - epidemiology Iran - epidemiology Male Males Medicine and Health Sciences Metabolic syndrome Metabolic Syndrome - diagnosis Metabolic Syndrome - etiology Middle Aged Missing data Morbidity Multivariate analysis Nutrition Obesity Obesity - complications People and Places Population studies Pregnancy Risk analysis Risk Factors ROC Curve Sugar Triglycerides - blood Waist-Hip Ratio
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