Waist Circumference and Body Mass Index as Predictors of Health Care Costs

BACKGROUND: In the present study we analyze the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) and future health care costs. On the basis of the relation between these anthropometric measures and mortality, we hypothesized that for all levels of BMI increased WC implies adde...

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Autores principales: Højgaard, Betina, Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte, Olsen, Kim Rose, Søgaard, Jes, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002619

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18612430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002619

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