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Does Waist Indicate Dyslipidemia better than BMI in Korean Adult Population?
Obesity is an independent and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and known as a core of the metabolic syndrome. Obesity has been largely diagnosed based upon anthrompometric measurements like waist circumference (WC) and body mass index (BMI). We sought to determine associations betw...
Autores principales: | Jeong, Seul-Ki, Seo, Man-Wook, Kim, Young-Hyun, Kweon, Sun-Seog, Nam, Hae-Sung |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences
2005
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2808579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15716594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2005.20.1.7 |
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