Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "diabetes"

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Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults

Ware, L.J.; Kruger, H.S.; Kruger, I.M.; Greeff, M.; Fourie, C.M.T.; Huisman, H.W.; Scheepers, J.D.W.; Uys, A.S.; Kruger, R.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Schutte, R.; Schutte, A.E. (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: ...
Physical activity in relation to selected physical health components in employees of a financial institution

Smit, Madelein; Wilders, Cilas J.; Moss, S.J. (Sabinet, 2013)

The aim of this study was to determine the relation between physical activity and selected physical health components. A total of 9860 employees of a financial institution in South Africa, between the ages 18 and 64 (x̄ ...