The impact of using sagittal abdominal diameter to predict major cardiovascular events in European patients with type 2 diabetes

Conclusion SAD with the cut off level of >25 cm, if confirmed in larger studies, may be used as a more independent risk-assessment tool compared with WC in clinical practice, to identify persons with type 2 diabetes at high cardiovascular risk.
Source: Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases - Category: Nutrition Source Type: research