Relationship between “a body shape index (ABSI)” and body composition in obese patients with type 2 diabetes

201898 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Fernando Gómez‐Peralta · Hospital General De Segovia

Cristina Abreu · Hospital General De Segovia

Margarita Cruz-Bravo · Hospital General De Segovia

Elvira Alcarria · Hospital General De Segovia

Gala Gutiérrez-Buey · Hospital General De Segovia

Nir Y. Krakauer · City College of New York

Jesse C. Krakauer

Abstract

ABSI could be useful to identify visceral and sarcopenic obesity in overweight/obese adults with T2D, adding some relevant clinical information to traditional anthropometric measures.

Topics & Keywords

Nutrition and Health in Aging Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Diet and metabolism studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

Volume 10, Issue 1, pp. 21-21

DOI: 10.1186/s13098-018-0323-8

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 5.19