| Title |
Waist Circumference Independently Associates with the Risk of Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes in Mexican American Families
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0059153 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Manju Mamtani, Hemant Kulkarni, Thomas D. Dyer, Laura Almasy, Michael C. Mahaney, Ravindranath Duggirala, Anthony G. Comuzzie, John Blangero, Joanne E. Curran |
| Abstract |
In spite of the growing recognition of the specific association of waist circumference (WC) with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and insulin resistance (IR), current guidelines still use body mass index (BMI) as a tool of choice. Our objective was to determine whether WC is a better T2D predictor than BMI in family-based settings. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 57 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 16% |
| Professor | 7 | 12% |
| Researcher | 6 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 9 | 16% |
| Unknown | 12 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 11% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 28% |