Publications by authors named "Meelad Imad Al-Jazairi"
Background: New-onset diabetes was associated with a 90% increase in risk of all-cause mortality and a 120% increase in risk of cardiovascular mortality compared with study participants without diabetes. The aim of this study was to study prospectively the predictors of incident diabetes mellitus in Basrah, Iraq, with special emphasis on predictive performance of the four anthropometric variables of obesity, namely body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHpR) or waist-to-height ratio (WHtR).
Material And Methods: A total of 13,730 subjects (7,101 males and 6,629 females) diabetes-free at baseline were followed for a mean of 5 years (January 2001 to end of December 2006).
Background: Body mass index (BMI) is often used to reflect total body fat amount (general obesity), whereas waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHpR) or waist-to height ratio (WHtR) is used as a surrogate of body fat centralization (central obesity). The purpose of the present study was to identify cut-offs for BMI and upper-body adiposity (WC, WHpR, and WHtR) that, associated with increased risk of type 2 DM and hypertension in Iraqi adults, would be consistent with overweight and central adiposity.
Methods: This was a community-based cross-sectional survey for establishing cut-off values for BMI and upper-body adiposity (WC, WHpR or WHtR) associated with increased risk of type 2 DM and hypertension from one district in Southern Iraq, Basrah (Abu-Al-khasib).