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Association of waist to hip ratio and family history with the prevalence of NIDDM among 25,272 adult, white females.

R D Morris and A A Rimm

Division of Biostatistics and Clinical Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

The independent association of waist to hip ratio (WHR), relative weight, and family history with the prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) was investigated in a population of 25,254 White females in the United States and Canada. A multivariate logistic analysis yielded standardized odds ratios of 1.47, 1.46, 1.54, and 1.14 for family history index, WHR, relative weight, and age, respectively.

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