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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...
Autor principal: | Wakabayashi, Ichiro |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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