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Association of waist circumference with perception of own health in urban African males and females: the Sympathetic Activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans (SABPA) study

Published in: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa
Volume 17 , issue 2 , 2012 , pages: 106–112

DOI: 10.1080/22201009.2012.10872286

Author(s): J Botha Physical Activity Sport and Recreation (PhASRec), School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science, , L Malan Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART), School for Physiology, Nutrition and Consumer Sciences, , JC Potgieter School for Psychosocial Behavioural Sciences, North-West University, , HS Steyn Statistical Consultation Service, North-West University, , JH De Ridder Physical Activity Sport and Recreation (PhASRec), School of Biokinetics, Recreation and Sport Science,

Keywords: waist circumference , anthropometry , perception of own health , ethnicity

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Abstract

Background: Current waist circumference (WC) cut-points of the Joint Statement Consensus (JSC) (male ≥ 94 cm, female ≥ 80 cm) were compared with a recently proposed WC cut-point (RPWC) (male ≥ 90 cm, female ≥ 98 cm). In this study, we aimed to compare the two cut-points to assess the association between central obesity and perception of own health.

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