| Title |
Defining Obesity Cut-Off Points for Migrant South Asians
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0026464 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laura J. Gray, Thomas Yates, Melanie J. Davies, Emer Brady, David R. Webb, Naveed Sattar, Kamlesh Khunti |
| Abstract |
Body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) are used to define cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk. We aimed to derive appropriate BMI and WC obesity cut-off points in a migrant South Asian population. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| India | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 4 | 57% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 57% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 29% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 117 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 16 | 13% |
| Researcher | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 24 | 19% |
| Unknown | 25 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 44% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 8% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 3% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Unknown | 33 | 27% |