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Autor:
Vincent T.F. Yeung, Chun-Chung Chow, Clive S. Cockram, W.B. Chan, Gary T. C. Ko, Wing-Yee So, Juliana C.N. Chan
Publikováno v:
Obesity Research. 12:889-895
Objective: To assess the effects of BMI on progression to diabetes in Hong Kong Chinese and to analyze the optimal cutoff for overweight and obesity in Hong Kong Chinese. Research Methods and Procedures: This is a prospective study with a mean follow
Autor:
Juliana C.N. Chan, Rita Sung, Gary T. C. Ko, Raymond Chen, Hendena P.S. Wai, Joyce S F Tang, Morris M. F. Wu
Publikováno v:
British Journal of Nutrition. 85:239-242
There is increasing evidence suggesting that the cut-off values for defining obesity used in the Western countries cannot be readily applied to Asians, who often have smaller body frames than Caucasians. We examined the BMI and body fat (BF) as measu
Publikováno v:
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 39:478-483
Women with a history of gestational diabetes (GDM) are at increased risk of developing diabetes compared with other women. There are few data on associations between GDM and cardiovascular risk factors. Between 1988 and 1995, 801 Chinese women with a
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Cardiology. 69:33-39
Hypertension and diabetes frequently coexist and greatly increase cardiovascular risk. There are relatively few data on the relationship between blood pressure and plasma glucose in newly diagnosed diabetic subjects especially in Chinese. We examined
Autor:
Joyce S. F. Tang, Gary T. C. Ko
Publikováno v:
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.). 15(11)
Objective: The objective was to assess the waist circumference (WC) cut-off point that best identifies a level of 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk with optimal balance of sensitivity and specificity in Chinese subjects according to their pre
Autor:
Xi Lin Yang, Gary T. C. Ko, Peter C.Y. Tong, Daljit Singh Sahota, Juliana C.N. Chan, Wing Hung Tam, Clive S. Cockram, Ronald C.W. Ma, Michael S. Rogers
Publikováno v:
Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews. 23(6)
Background To examine the risk of developing impaired glucose regulation (IGR), diabetes mellitus (DM) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Chinese women with history of gestational diabetes. Methods 203 Chinese women enrolled in a previous study were fo
Autor:
Gary T. C. Ko
Publikováno v:
American journal of health promotion : AJHP. 21(1)
Purpose To investigate the relationships among obesity, physical activity and quality of life (QOL) in Hong Kong Chinese adults. Methods A cross-sectional study involving 876 subjects (32.9% men and 67.1% women, mean age: 34.8 ± 7.9 years) from a no
Autor:
Gary T C, Ko, Joyce S F, Tang
Publikováno v:
Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition. 15(2)
The aim of this cross-sectional observation study was to assess thoroughly the body mass index (BMI) profile in Hong Kong Chinese and report all categories of BMI cutoff points as suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO). A cohort of 17,242 s
Publikováno v:
Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition. 14(1)
Waist girth (WG) is regarded as the most significant anthropometric parameter associated with cardiovascular risk. The objective of the present study was to strengthen WG as an obesity marker by basing WG assessment not on gender but on individually