New proposed cut-off of waist circumference for central obesity as risk factor for diabetes mellitus: Evidence from the Indonesian Basic National Health Survey

Dante Saksono Harbuwono; Dicky Levenus Tahapary; Tri Juli Edi Tarigan; Em Yunir

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242417

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New proposed cut-off of waist circumference for central obesity as risk factor for diabetes mellitus: Evidence from the Indonesian Basic National Health Survey

Dante Saksono Harbuwono ,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: dante.saksono@ui.ac.id

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, Indonesian Society for the Study of Obesity, Jakarta, Indonesia, Metabolic Cardiovascular and Aging Cluster, The Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6006-2719

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Dicky Levenus Tahapary,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, Indonesian Society for the Study of Obesity, Jakarta, Indonesia, Metabolic Cardiovascular and Aging Cluster, The Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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Tri Juli Edi Tarigan,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, Metabolic Cardiovascular and Aging Cluster, The Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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Em Yunir

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National Referral Hospital, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia, Metabolic Cardiovascular and Aging Cluster, The Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
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New proposed cut-off of waist circumference for central obesity as risk factor for diabetes mellitus: Evidence from the Indonesian Basic National Health Survey

Dante Saksono Harbuwono,
Dicky Levenus Tahapary,
Tri Juli Edi Tarigan,
Em Yunir

Published: November 18, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242417

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