Comparison of body mass index and waist circumference as predictors of cardiometabolic health in a population of young Canadian adults

BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate whether waist circumference (WC) or body mass index (BMI) is a better predictor of blood lipid concentrations among young men and women from different ethnocultural groups. METHODS: Participants were 1181 healthy men (n = 358) and women (n = 823) aged 20-2...

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Autores principales: Brenner, Darren R, Tepylo, Kasia, Eny, Karen M, Cahill, Leah E, El-Sohemy, Ahmed
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-2-28

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2883969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20459858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1758-5996-2-28

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