Browsing by Subject "waist circumference"
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Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults
(Open Access, 2014)Background and aims Simple, low-cost central obesity measures may help identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic disease risk, although it is unclear which measures perform best in African adults. We aimed to: ... -
Examining waist and neck circumferences as screening tools for metabolic syndrome in a sub-Saharan Caucasian cohort at three year follow-up: the SABPA prospective cohort
(MedPharm Publications, 2014)Objectives: Waist circumference (WC) cut-off points specific to sub-Saharan Caucasians do not exist with which to identify metabolic syndrome. Neck circumference (NC), as an additional measure, was previously found to be ... -
Interactions of CRP-SNPs with selected contributing factors in determining CRP concentrations in black South Africans
(North-West University, 2018)Introduction: Non-communicable diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, are on the rise globally, with low- and middle-income countries, including South Africa, at the epicentre of the increase in these conditions. ...