Background: Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, a product of triglyceride and fasting plasma
glucose, is a novel tool that can identify people with metabolic syndrome (MS). It is unknown …

Obesity is a major public health problem in the developed world, where it has reached an
epidemic status over the last few decades. In parallel with this, the prevalence of chronic …

Obesity is a major disease in both developed and developing countries. However, while the
developed world have the capacity to address the pandemic, that cannot be said about the …

Background To determine the optimal cut-off values and evaluate the associations of body
mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-height ratio (WHtR) with …

Background Studies on changes in the prevalence and determinants of obesity in older
adults living in sub-Saharan Africa are scarce. We examined recent changes in obesity …

Aims To determine the waist circumference (WC) thresholds for the prediction of incident
dysglycaemia and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Black South African (SA) men and women and to …

Overweight/obesity is becoming increasingly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa including
Ghana. However, transition probabilities, an essential component to develop cost-effective …

Background The cardiovascular health index (CVHI) introduced by the American Heart
Association is a valid, accessible, simple, and translatable metric for monitoring …

Background Waist circumference (WC) is a well-known obesity index that predicts
cardiovascular disease (CVD). We studied the relationship between baseline WC and …

Methods A household-based, cross-sectional survey was carried out following the WHO
STEP-wise approach to surveillance. It included demographic and lifestyle questionnaires …