Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 2016
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Nutrition
Committee Chair
David L. Gee
Second Committee Member
Nicole Stendell-Hollis
Third Committee Member
Cen Tsong Lin
Abstract
There is limited information about diabetes prevalence among Asian Americans. Diabetes risk factors include abdominal obesity (AO), which can be assessed by measuring waist circumference (WC) or waist-to-height-ratio (WHtR). The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of diabetes among Asians with non-Asians in the United States and compare WC and WHtR as predictors of diabetes. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2011-14 was analyzed using SAS 9.2. There were 8,615 adult non-pregnant non-Asians and 1,224 Asians included in this study. Despite a lower prevalence of obesity among Asians compared to non-Asians (12% vs 38%, p
Recommended Citation
Xiao, Yu, "The Waist to Height Ratio is a Better Anthropometric Index of Abdominal Obesity and its Association with the Prevalence of Diabetes Among Asian Americans" (2016). All Master's Theses. 435.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/435
Language
English