Hormone and Metabolic Research, Inhaltsverzeichnis Horm Metab Res 2006; 38(7): 469-470DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-948135 Original © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkObesity and Hypertension as Two Anthropometric Predictors for Metabolic SyndromeYang Wenying 1 , Yang Zhaojun 1 1Department of Endocrinology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, PR China Artikel empfehlen Abstract Artikel einzeln kaufen Key words Waist-to-hip rate - waist circumference - body mass index - blood pressure - insulin resistance Volltext Referenzen References 1 World Health Organization .Definition, diagnosis, and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Report of a WHO consultation. Part I: Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Geneva: World Health Organization 1999 2 Pan XR, Yang WY, Li GW. et al. . Prevalence of diabetes and its risk factors in China, 1994. National Diabetes Prevention and Control Cooperative Group. Diabetes Care. 1997; 20 1664-1669 3 Janssen I, Katzmarzyk PT, Ross R. Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004; 79 379-384 4 Zhu S, Wang Z, Heshka S. et al. . Waist circumference and obesity-associated risk factors among whites in the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: clinical action thresholds. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002; 76 743-749 5 Ko GT, Chan JC, Cockram CS. et al. . Prediction of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidaemia or albuminuria using simple anthropometric indexes in Hong Kong Chinese. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 1999; 23 1136-1142 6 Wildman RP, Gu D, Reynolds K, Duan X, He J. Appropriate body mass index and waist circumference cutoffs for categorization of overweight and central adiposity among Chinese adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004; 80 1129-1136 7 Snehalatha C, Viswanathan V, Ramachandran A. Cutoff values for normal anthropometric variable in Asia Indian adults. Diabetes Care. 2003; 26 1380-1384 8 Tan C, Chew S, Ma S. et al. . Can We Apply the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome to Asians?. Diabetes Care. 2004; 27 1182-1186 9 Zhu S, Heymsfield SB, Yoyoshima H. et al. . Race-ethnicity-specificity waist circumference cutoffs for identifying cardiovascular disease risk factors. Am J clin Nutr. 2005; 81 409-415 Correspondence Yang WenyingMD Yinghua Dong Jie·Endocrinology Department·China-Japan Friendship Hospital 100029·Beijing China Telefon: 86/10/64 20 66 42 Fax: 86/10/64 20 66 42 eMail: wfl921@yahoo.com.cn