Journal article
Associations Between Anthropometric Measurements and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in White European and South Asian Adults in the United Kingdom
FF Kidy, N Dhalwani, DM Harrington, LJ Gray, DH Bodicoat, D Webb, MJ Davies, K Khunti
Mayo Clinic Proceedings | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2017
Abstract
Objective To investigate the association of 4 anthropometric measurements with cardiometabolic risk factors in a UK biethnic sample of South Asians (SAs) and white Europeans (WEs). Patients and Methods Baseline data were collected from adults of WE and SA origin participating in the Leicester arm of the Anglo-Danish-Dutch Study of Intensive Treatment in People with Screen Detected Diabetes in Primary Care (ADDITION-Leicester) study between August 2004 and December 2007. Overall, 6268 WE and SA adults had measures of body mass index, waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio assessed between June 18, 2004, and December 4, 2007. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, and dysglyce..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The ADDITION-Leicester study was supported by the Department of Health, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment Programme (grant reference no. 08/116/300), National Health Service research and development support funding (including the Primary Care Research and Diabetes Research Networks Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care), and the NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Lifestyle Biomedical Research Unit.