Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 542-547 , October 2009

Waist circumference, body mass index and waist to hip ratio for prediction of the metabolic syndrome in Chinese

  • F. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
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  • S. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Kailuan Hospital Affiliated to North China Coal Medical College, Tangshan 063000, China
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  • Y. Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
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  • X. Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
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  • R. Marshall

      Affiliations

    • School of Population Health, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
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  • M. Liang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
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  • Y. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
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  • X. Qin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
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  • D. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
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  • Y. Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Peking University Health Science Center, Key Laboratory of Epidemiology of Peking University, Ministry of Education, China. 38 Xue Yuan Road, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100191, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 10 8280 1189; fax: +86 10 8280 1518.

Received 5 September 2008 ,Revised 21 October 2008 ,Accepted 10 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2008.11.006

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 19, Issue 8 , Pages 542-547 , October 2009

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