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Overlooking of Individuals with Cardiometabolic Risk by Evaluation of Obesity Using Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index in Middle-Aged Japanese Women

Waist circumference is often used for the diagnosis of visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome. In Japan, obesity in women is defined by the government as a waist circumference of ≥90 cm and/or BMI of ≥25 kg/m(2). However, there has been a controversy for almost two decades as to whether waist circu...

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Autor principal: Wakabayashi, Ichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10000646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36900706
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11050701