Comparison of body mass index and waist circumference as predictors of cardiometabolic health in a population of young Canadian adults.docVIP

Brenner et al. Diabetology Metabolic Syndrome 2010, 2:28 /content/2/1/28 RESEARCH Open Access Comparison of body mass index and waist Research circumference as predictors of cardiometabolic health in a population of young Canadian adults Darren R Brenner1,2, Kasia Tepylo1, Karen M Eny1, Leah E Cahill1 and Ahmed El-Sohemy*1 Abstract Background: This study aimed to investigate whether waist circumference (WC) or body mass index (BMI) is a better predictor of blood lipid concentrations among young men and women from different ethnocultural groups. Methods: Participants were 1181 healthy men