Body mass index and waist circumference cut-points in multi-ethnic populations from the UK and India: the ADDITION-Leicester, Jaipur heart watch and New Delhi cross-sectional studies.

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Published in PLoS One on March 05, 2014

Authors

Danielle H Bodicoat1, Laura J Gray2, Joseph Henson1, David Webb1, Arvind Guru3, Anoop Misra4, Rajeev Gupta5, Naval Vikram6, Naveed Sattar7, Melanie J Davies1, Kamlesh Khunti1

Author Affiliations

1: University of Leicester, Diabetes Research Centre, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
2: University of Leicester, Department of Health Sciences, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
3: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Punjab, India.
4: Fortis Hospitals, Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
5: Fortis Escorts Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
6: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Medicine, New Delhi, Delhi, India.
7: University of Glasgow, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

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