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ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences

Adult anthropometry in Type 2 diabetic population: A case-control study.

Sarah Shoaib Qureshi, Wasim Amer, Maryam Kaleem, Bilal Mahmood Beg

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Article in Pakistan journal of medical sciences. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah Shoaib QureshiDr. Sarah Shoaib Qureshi, FCPS. Department of Medicine, Lahore Medical and Dental College Lahore, Pakistan.
Wasim AmerProf. Dr. Wasim Amer, FCPS. Department of Medicine, Lahore Medical and Dental College Lahore, Pakistan.
Maryam KaleemDr. Maryam Kaleem. Department of Medicine, Lahore Medical and Dental College Lahore, Pakistan.
Bilal Mahmood BegDr. Bilal Mahmood Beg. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UVAS, Lahore, Pakistan.
CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study was aimed to compare the body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in their ability to predict type 2 diabetes risk in a large prospective cohort of men and women in Pakistan.

methodsThis was a case-control study conducted at Diabetic and medical OPD of GTTH. Anthropometric measures including BMI and WHR were analyzed. Student's t-test, Chi-squared test along with Cramer's V value, was applied to evaluate association between variables. Receiver operating curve (ROC) was used to assess anthropometric measures.

resultsThe study included 804 diabetics and 396 non-diabetics between 30-60 years of age. Comparing the BMI parameters it was found that 717 (89.2%) in diabetic group were overweight or obese (p-value < 0.001). On comparing the WHR, 97.9% diabetics had increased WHR (p-value <0.001). Both BMI & WHR were further compared using ROC curve which found out that WHR had an area under ROC of 0.720 & BMI has 0.680, suggesting that WHR is more better predictor of diabetes as compared to BMI.

conclusionsBoth BMI and WHR were strong discriminators of T2DM but WHR was found superior according to ROC value. Family history is significantly associated in patients with diabetes.

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AnthropometryBMIPakistanType 2 DiabetesWHR

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PMID31488993
PMCPMC6717486
OpenAlexW2968393374

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