Relevance of anthropometric measurements as predictors of prevalent diabetes type 2: a cross-sectional study on a Norwegian population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective was to determine the predictive potential of anthropometric indices to screen prevalent diabetes mellitus type 2 in a Norwegian population.

Design

This is a cross-sectional design to determine the potential association of waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI) with prevalent diabetes mellitus type 2 through logistic regression analysis. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to determine the predictive potential of the anthropometric indices. Youden's index was applied to determine the optimal cut-off points for each anthropometric index.

Setting

This study used cross-sectional data from the populations-based Health Study in Nord-Trøndelag which invited all c

SUBMITTER: Hasselgren A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388272 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature