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Waist circumference cut-off values for the prediction of cardiovascular risk factors clustering in Chinese school-aged children: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Waist circumference has been identified as a valuable predictor of cardiovascular risk in children. The development of waist circumference percentiles and cut-offs for various ethnic groups are necessary because of differences in body composition. The purpose of this study was to develop...

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Autores principales: Liu, Ailing, Hills, Andrew P, Hu, Xiaoqi, Li, Yanping, Du, Lin, Xu, Ying, Byrne, Nuala M, Ma, Guansheng
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2836988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20170510
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-82