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

A cross-sectional study

Rasmieh Alzeidan, Amel Fayed, Fatemeh Rabiee, Ahmad Hersi and Hala Elmorshedy
Saudi Medical Journal March 2020, 41 (3) 253-260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.3.24915
Rasmieh Alzeidan
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (Alzeidan, Hersi), King Saud University; from the College of Medicine (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the High Institute of Public Health (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and from the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (Rabiee), Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Amel Fayed
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (Alzeidan, Hersi), King Saud University; from the College of Medicine (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the High Institute of Public Health (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and from the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (Rabiee), Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Fatemeh Rabiee
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (Alzeidan, Hersi), King Saud University; from the College of Medicine (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the High Institute of Public Health (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and from the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (Rabiee), Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Ahmad Hersi
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (Alzeidan, Hersi), King Saud University; from the College of Medicine (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the High Institute of Public Health (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and from the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (Rabiee), Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Hala Elmorshedy
From the Cardiac Sciences Department (Alzeidan, Hersi), King Saud University; from the College of Medicine (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the High Institute of Public Health (Fayed, Elmorshedy), Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and from the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences (Rabiee), Birmingham City University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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    Performance of different anthropometric indices in identifying A) hypertension, B) diabetes mellitus, C) MetS, D) dislipidemia, and E) CVRF ≥2.

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Rasmieh Alzeidan, Amel Fayed, Fatemeh Rabiee, Ahmad Hersi, Hala Elmorshedy
Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2020, 41 (3) 253-260; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.3.24915

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Rasmieh Alzeidan, Amel Fayed, Fatemeh Rabiee, Ahmad Hersi, Hala Elmorshedy
Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2020, 41 (3) 253-260; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.3.24915
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