Erratum. The Use of Anthropometric Measures for Cardiometabolic Risk Identification in a Rural African Population. Diabetes Care 2013;37:e64–e65
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In the article listed above, there was an omission from the byline of author Dermot Maher. Dr. Maher’s name and affiliation (Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute, Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda) have been added to the online version of the article. Dr. Maher’s contributions to the manuscript also have been added to the Author Contributions section. Georgina A.V. Murphy, Gershim Asiki, Rebecca N. Nsubuga, Elizabeth H. Young, Janet Seeley, Manjinder S. Sandhu, and Anatoli Kamali Diabetes Care Volume 40, April 2017 625
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The use of anthropometric measures for cardiometabolic risk identification in a rural African population.
It has been suggested that the current definitions of obesity may not be appropriate for African populations (1–3). However, few studies of anthropometric indicators of cardiometabolic risk have been conducted within sub-Saharan Africa, where obesity is a rapidly growing problem (4,5). A better understanding of the relationship between adiposity and the risk of cardiometabolic disease in sub-Sa...
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