Diagnostic performance of waist-to-height ratio in identifying cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome among adult Saudis

Rasmieh Alzeidan; Amel Fayed; Fatemeh Rabiee; Ahmad Hersi; Hala Elmorshedy

doi:10.15537/smj.2020.3.24915

Diagnostic performance of waist-to-height ratio in identifying cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome among adult Saudis

Rasmieh Alzeidan
, Amel Fayed^*
, Fatemeh Rabiee
, Ahmad Hersi
, Hala Elmorshedy

^*Corresponding author for this work

King Saud University
Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
Alexandria University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-260
Number of pages	8
Journal	Saudi Medical Journal
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.3.24915
Publication status	Published (VoR) - Mar 2020

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the work was not supported or funded by any drug company. This study was funded by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia through the fast track research funding program

Keywords

Cardiovascular risk
Metabolic syndrome
Saudi Arabia
Waist to height ratio

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