Waist Circumference, Relative Fat Mass Index, and BMI as Classifiers of Diabetes Status: A Comparative, Cross-sectional Analysis in 82 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Jacqueline A. Seiglie, Till Seuring, Felix Teufel, Maja E. Marcus, Michaela Theilmann, Pascal Geldsetzer, Kokou Agoudavi, Glennis Andall-Brereton, Krishna K. Aryal, Brice Wilfried Bicaba, Pascal Bovet, Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant, Garry Brian, Albertino Damasceno, Maria Dorobantu, Farshad Farzadfar, Gladwell Gathecha, Ali Golestani, Mongal Singh Gurung, Mahsa Heidari-Foroozan, Corine Houehanou, Dismand Houinato, Nahla Hwalla, Jutta Jorgensen, Kibachio J. Mwangi, Gibson B. Kagaruki, Khem B. Karki, Nuno Lunet, Deborah C. Malta, Joao S. Martins, Mohammed Msaidie, Omar Mwalim, Bolormaa Norov, Sarah Quesnel-Crooks, Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam, Abla Sibai, Lela Sturua, Lindiwe Tsabedze, Chea Stanford Wesseh, Roy Wong McClure, Sang Gune Yoo, Rifat Atun, Justine I. Davies, Sebastian Vollmer, Till W. Bärnighausen, David Flood, Orison O. Woolcott, Jennifer Manne-Goehler

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DOI: 10.2337/dc26-0106
Published: 2026-08-20
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@article{allodium:10.2337/dc26-0106,
  title = {Waist Circumference, Relative Fat Mass Index, and BMI as Classifiers of Diabetes Status: A Comparative, Cross-sectional Analysis in 82 Low- and Middle-Income Countries},
  author = {Jacqueline A. Seiglie and Till Seuring and Felix Teufel and Maja E. Marcus and Michaela Theilmann and Pascal Geldsetzer and Kokou Agoudavi and Glennis Andall-Brereton and Krishna K. Aryal and Brice Wilfried Bicaba and Pascal Bovet and Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant and Garry Brian and Albertino Damasceno and Maria Dorobantu and Farshad Farzadfar and Gladwell Gathecha and Ali Golestani and Mongal Singh Gurung and Mahsa Heidari-Foroozan and Corine Houehanou and Dismand Houinato and Nahla Hwalla and Jutta Jorgensen and Kibachio J. Mwangi and Gibson B. Kagaruki and Khem B. Karki and Nuno Lunet and Deborah C. Malta and Joao S. Martins and Mohammed Msaidie and Omar Mwalim and Bolormaa Norov and Sarah Quesnel-Crooks and Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam and Abla Sibai and Lela Sturua and Lindiwe Tsabedze and Chea Stanford Wesseh and Roy Wong McClure and Sang Gune Yoo and Rifat Atun and Justine I. Davies and Sebastian Vollmer and Till W. Bärnighausen and David Flood and Orison O. Woolcott and Jennifer Manne-Goehler},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Diabetes Care},
  doi = {10.2337/dc26-0106},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2337/dc26-0106}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Waist Circumference, Relative Fat Mass Index, and BMI as Classifiers of Diabetes Status: A Comparative, Cross-sectional Analysis in 82 Low- and Middle-Income Countries
AU  - Jacqueline A. Seiglie
AU  - Till Seuring
AU  - Felix Teufel
AU  - Maja E. Marcus
AU  - Michaela Theilmann
AU  - Pascal Geldsetzer
AU  - Kokou Agoudavi
AU  - Glennis Andall-Brereton
AU  - Krishna K. Aryal
AU  - Brice Wilfried Bicaba
AU  - Pascal Bovet
AU  - Luisa Campos Caldeira Brant
AU  - Garry Brian
AU  - Albertino Damasceno
AU  - Maria Dorobantu
AU  - Farshad Farzadfar
AU  - Gladwell Gathecha
AU  - Ali Golestani
AU  - Mongal Singh Gurung
AU  - Mahsa Heidari-Foroozan
AU  - Corine Houehanou
AU  - Dismand Houinato
AU  - Nahla Hwalla
AU  - Jutta Jorgensen
AU  - Kibachio J. Mwangi
AU  - Gibson B. Kagaruki
AU  - Khem B. Karki
AU  - Nuno Lunet
AU  - Deborah C. Malta
AU  - Joao S. Martins
AU  - Mohammed Msaidie
AU  - Omar Mwalim
AU  - Bolormaa Norov
AU  - Sarah Quesnel-Crooks
AU  - Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam
AU  - Abla Sibai
AU  - Lela Sturua
AU  - Lindiwe Tsabedze
AU  - Chea Stanford Wesseh
AU  - Roy Wong McClure
AU  - Sang Gune Yoo
AU  - Rifat Atun
AU  - Justine I. Davies
AU  - Sebastian Vollmer
AU  - Till W. Bärnighausen
AU  - David Flood
AU  - Orison O. Woolcott
AU  - Jennifer Manne-Goehler
PY  - 2026
JO  - Diabetes Care
DO  - 10.2337/dc26-0106
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APA

Seiglie, J. A., Seuring, T., Teufel, F., Marcus, M. E., Theilmann, M., Geldsetzer, P., Agoudavi, K., Andall-Brereton, G., Aryal, K. K., Bicaba, B. W., Bovet, P., Brant, L. C. C., Brian, G., Damasceno, A., Dorobantu, M., Farzadfar, F., Gathecha, G., Golestani, A., Gurung, M. S., Heidari-Foroozan, M., Houehanou, C., Houinato, D., Hwalla, N., Jorgensen, J., Mwangi, K. J., Kagaruki, G. B., Karki, K. B., Lunet, N., Malta, D. C., Martins, J. S., Msaidie, M., Mwalim, O., Norov, B., Quesnel-Crooks, S., Moghaddam, S. S., Sibai, A., Sturua, L., Tsabedze, L., Wesseh, C. S., McClure, R. W., Yoo, S. G., Atun, R., Davies, J. I., Vollmer, S., Bärnighausen, T. W., Flood, D., Woolcott, O. O., & Manne-Goehler, J. (2026). Waist Circumference, Relative Fat Mass Index, and BMI as Classifiers of Diabetes Status: A Comparative, Cross-sectional Analysis in 82 Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Diabetes Care. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc26-0106

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