Measures of general and central obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes in a Ghanaian population

Agriculture & Biology

• noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus 100%
• diabetes 83%
• obesity 82%
• Sub-Saharan Africa 44%
• waist-to-hip ratio 44%
• waist circumference 41%
• body mass index 31%
• waist-to-height ratio 27%
• hip circumference 22%
• case-control studies 17%
• odds ratio 16%
• Ghana 15%
• developed countries 14%
• confidence interval 14%
• epidemiological studies 13%
• standard deviation 12%
• gender 8%
• methodology 3%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Abdominal Obesity 88%
• Africa South of the Sahara 65%
• Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 59%
• Waist-Hip Ratio 45%
• Obesity 41%
• Waist Circumference 39%
• Population 30%
• Body Mass Index 28%
• Waist-Height Ratio 27%
• Ghana 24%
• Developed Countries 18%
• Epidemics 16%
• ROC Curve 16%
• Epidemiologic Studies 16%
• Hip 16%
• Case-Control Studies 15%
• Logistic Models 12%
• Odds Ratio 12%
• Confidence Intervals 11%

Social Sciences

• chronic illness 77%
• epidemiological studies 11%
• Ghana 9%
• recipient 8%
• logistics 7%
• confidence 7%
• regression 6%
• gender 4%