Waist circumference thresholds predicting incident dysglycaemia and type 2 diabetes in Black African men and women.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To determine the waist circumference (WC) thresholds for the prediction of incident dysglycaemia and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Black South African (SA) men and women and to compare these to the advocated International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Europid thresholds.

Materials and methods

In this prospective study, Black SA men (n = 502) and women (n = 527) from the Middle-aged Sowetan Cohort study who had normal or impaired fasting glucose at baseline (2011-2015) were followed up until 2017 to 2018. Baseline measurements included anthropometry, blood pressure and fasting glucose, HDL cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations. At follow-up, glucose tolerance was assessed using an oral glucose tolerance test. The Youden index was used to determine the optimal threshold of W

SUBMITTER: Goedecke JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9305761 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature