Optimal BMI cut-off values for predicting diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in a multi-ethnic population

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Optimal BMI cut-off values for predicting diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia in a multi-ethnic population

Objective To determine the optimal cut-offs of BMI for Malaysian adults. Design Population-based, cross-sectional study. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to determine the cut-off values of BMI with optimum sensitivity and specificity for the detection of three cardiovascular risk f...

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Main Authors:	Kee, Chee Cheong, Yusoff, Ahmad Fauzi, Ghazali, Sumarni M., Kuang, H. Lim, Selvarajah, Sharmini, Haniff, Jamaiyah, Khor, Geok Lin, Shahar, Suzana, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Zainuddin, Ahmad A., Mustafa, Amal Nasir
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Univ Press 2013
Subjects:	R Medicine (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/35703/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/35703/1/Kee_2013b.pdf

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