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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...
Autores principales: | Brenner, Darren R, Tepylo, Kasia, Eny, Karen M, Cahill, Leah E, El-Sohemy, Ahmed |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2010
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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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