Optimum BMI Cut Points to Screen Asian Americans for Type 2 Diabetes

OBJECTIVE: Asian Americans manifest type 2 diabetes at low BMI levels but may not undergo diagnostic testing for diabetes if the currently recommended BMI screening cut point of ≥25 kg/m(2) is followed. We aimed to ascertain an appropriate lower BMI cut point among Asian-American adults without a pr...

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Publié dans:Diabetes Care
Auteurs principaux: Araneta, Maria Rosario G., Kanaya, Alka M., Hsu, William C., Chang, Healani K., Grandinetti, Andrew, Boyko, Edward J., Hayashi, Tomoshige, Kahn, Steven E., Leonetti, Donna L., McNeely, Marguerite J., Onishi, Yukiko, Sato, Kyoko K., Fujimoto, Wilfred Y.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: American Diabetes Association 2015
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Epidemiology/Health Services Research
Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4407753/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25665815
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc14-2071
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