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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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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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