Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 72-80 , January 2007

Appropriate waist circumference cutoff points for central obesity in Korean adults

  • Sang Yeoup Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Pusan University, Pusan, Republic of Korea
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  • Hye Soon Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Family Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 388-1 Poongnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3010 3813; fax: +82 2 3010 3815.
    • ,
  • Dae Jung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Jee Hye Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji Medical University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Seon Mee Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Guem Joo Cho

      Affiliations

    • Gurogu Public Health Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Dae Young Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Eastern Municipal Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Hyuk Sang Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
    • ,
  • Sung Rae Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Chang Beom Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Seung Joon Oh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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  • Cheol Young Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea
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  • Hyung Joon Yoo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chunchon, Republic of Korea

Received 9 March 2006 ,Accepted 24 April 2006.

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☆ This study was supported by a grant from the Korean Society for the Study of Obesity 2005.

PII: S0168-8227(06)00169-0

doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2006.04.013

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 72-80 , January 2007

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