Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio of Hong Kong Chinese children

BACKGROUND: Central body fat is a better predictor than overall body fat for cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in both adults and children. Waist circumference (WC) has been used as a proxy measure of central body fat. Children at high CV risk may be identified by WC measurements. Waist-to-height rat...

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Autores principales: Sung, Rita YT, So, Hung-Kwan, Choi, Kai-Chow, Nelson, Edmund AS, Li, Albert M, Yin, Jane AT, Kwok, Charlotte WL, Ng, Pak-Cheung, Fok, Tai-Fai
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18808684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-324

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563004/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18808684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-324

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